Royalism, Religion and Revolution: Wales, 1640-1688

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In Royalism, Religion and Revolution: Wales, 1640-1688, Sarah Ward Clavier provides a ground-breaking analysis of the role of long-term continuities in the political and religious culture of Wales from the eve of the Civil War in 1640 to the Glorious Revolution. A final chapter also extends the narrative to the Hanoverian succession. The book discusses three main themes: the importance of continuities (including concepts of Welsh history, identity and language); religious attitudes and identities; and political culture. As Ward Clavier shows, the culture of Wales in this period was not frozen but rather dynamic, one that was constantly deploying traditional cultural symbols and practices to sustain a distinctive religious and political identity against a tide of change. The book uses a wide range of primary research material: from correspondence, diaries and financial accounts, to architectural, literary and material sources, drawing on both English and Welsh language texts. As part of the 'New Regional History' this book discusses the distinctively Welsh alongside aspects common to English and, indeed, European culture, and argues that the creative construction of continuity allowed the gentry of North-East Wales to maintain and adapt their identity even in the face of rupture and crisis. Table of Contents Introduction Part 1. Welsh Historical Culture 1. How Was History Written in Wales? 2. The Character and Purpose of Welsh Historical Culture 3. Connecting Welsh Historical Culture 4. Thomas Mostyn: Collections, Historical Writing and Welsh Identity Part 2. Religion 5. The Welshness of the Church of England 6. The North-East Welsh Gentry and Their Catholic Neighbors 7. Puritanism and the North-East Welsh Gentry 1640-88 8. Sir Thomas Hanmer: Episcopalian Squire or 'Church-Papist'? Part 3. Royalism and Loyalism 9. Loyalty in the Region and the Nation 10. Royalism 11. North-East Welsh Royalism and Loyalism 1660-85 12. Robert Davies III: Royalism and Loyalism in North-East Wales Epilogue Bibliography Royalism, Religion and Revolution Contents Acknowledgements Abbreviations Map of North-East Wales Introduction Part 1. Welsh Historical Culture How Was History Written in Wales? The Character and Purpose of Welsh Historical Culture Connecting Welsh Historical Culture Thomas Mostyn: Collections, Historical Writing, and Welsh Identity Part 2. Religion The Welshness of the Church of England The North-East Welsh Gentry and Their Catholic Neighbours Puritanism and the North-East Welsh Gentry, 1640-88 ir Thomas Hanmer: Episcopalian Squire or ‘Church Papist’? Part 3. Royalism and Loyalism Loyalty in the Region and the Nation Royalism North-East Welsh Royalism and Loyalism, 1660-85 Robert Davies III: Royalism and Loyalism in North-East Wales Epilogue Bibliography Index