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Constitutional Royalism and the Search for Settlement, c.1640-1649

By David L. Smith

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1994
ISBN
0521410568, 9780521410564, 0521893399, 9780511522819, 9780521893398
LCC
DA415 .S62 1994
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
11 MB (12016673 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History
Pages
389\389
Topic
History
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

"Constitutional Royalism" is one of the most familiar yet least often examined of all the political labels found in the historiography of the English Revolution. This book fills a gap by investigating the leading Constitutional royalists who rallied to King Charles I in 1642 while consistently urging him to reach an "accommodation" with Parliament. These royalists' early careers reveal that a commitment to the rule of law and a relative lack of "godly" zeal were the characteristic predictors of Constitutional royalism in the Civil War. Such attitudes explain why many of them criticized the policies of the King's personal rule, but also why they joined the King in 1642 and tried to achieve a negotiated settlement thereafter.

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