Perceptions of a monarchy without a king : reactions to Oliver Cromwell's power /
"Oliver Cromwell had not a drop of royal blood in him. Yet in 1657, prompted by the political chaos that followed the execution of Charles I and inspired by a belief that a return to monarchy was the only way to stabilize the nation, parliament offered Cromwell the crown of Britain. In Percepti...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Montréal ; Ithaca :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
2013.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- 1 Oliver Cromwell's Kingship Speeches and the Arguments of the Kingship Committee
- 2 The Absence of Kingship in Printed Propaganda
- 3 Mercurius Politicus : A Newsbook's Account of the Kingship Crisis
- 4 Cromwellian Writers: Marchamont Nedham, John Milton, and Michael Hawke
- 5 Cromwellian Poets: Edmund Waller, Andrew Marvell, George Wither, and John Lineall
- 6 Cromwellian Monarchists and Stuart Loyalists: A Split in the Royalist Movement
- 7 Religious Reactions to Cromwellian Power Conclusion
- 8 James Harrington's Oceana and Its Relation to the Protectorate
- Conclusion.