Road to Civil War, 1625-1642 by Timothy Venning - ISBN: 9781399055888
Hardcover
Unintended path to war: Absolutism, religion, and a kingdom divided.

Road to Civil War, 1625-1642

The Unexpected Revolution

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  • Hardcover

    304 pages

  • Release Date

    14 November 2023

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Summary

A revisionist history showing a gradual build-up of opposition and a drift to conflict which few expected or wanted. This is despite growing Stuart absolutism, threats to Parliament and the accepted civil order, and religious controversy.

This is a forensic study, full of fascinating and even unexpected details. The principal actors come to life, and readers will feel involved in an existential crisis of the British state(s).

The study of the three Kingdoms covers the major th…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781399055888
ISBN-10:1399055887
Author:Timothy Venning
Publisher:Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Imprint:Pen & Sword Military
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:304
Release Date:14 November 2023
Weight:100g
Dimensions:234mm x 156mm
About The Author

Timothy Venning

Tim Venning obtained his BA, followed by PhD at King’s College, University of London, on Cromwell’s Foreign Policy. He is a gifted historian, deep and critical researcher and attractive writer, with a wide range of historical interests. He can slip easily and effectually into early history, the middle ages and to the early modern period with academic rigour, accessibility, and with both non-specialists, students and academic reference in mind.

Publications: Dictionary of National Biography contributions (OUP 1996-1001); Cromwellian Foreign Policy (Palgrave 1995); A Compendium of British Office-Holders Palgrave 2005); A Chronology of the Byzantine Empire (Palgrave 2006); A Chronology of the Roman Empire (Continuum 2010); A Chronology of the Crusades (Routledge 2015); A Chronology of Early Medieval Britain and Europe, AD 450-1066 (Routledge 2017); Anglo-Saxon Kings and Queens; The Kings and Queens of Wales; The Kings and Queens of Scotland; Lords of the Isles: Rulers of the Highlands, Hebrides and Man; Kingmakers: Lords of the Welsh Marches (Amberley 2011-2016); If Rome Had Survived (Pen and Sword 2010); Alternative History of Britain: The Anglo-Saxon Age; The Hundred Years War; Normans and Plantgenets; The Tudors; The English Civil War; (all Pen and Sword 2013-2014); plus e-books and currently with Pen and Sword: Cromwell’s Failed and the Monarchy; The Fall of the British Republic and Return of the King: From Cromwell’s Commonwealth to Stuart Monarchy, 1657-1670; The King Arthur Mysteries: Arthur’s Britain and Early Medieval World; Royal Mysteries of the Anglo-Saxons and Early Britain; Royal Mysteries of the Medieval Period; Royal; Mysteries of the Tudor Period; Royal Mysteries of the Stuart and Georgian Period.

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