Cromwell's Major-Generals: Godly Government During the English RevolutionManchester University Press, 06.07.2001 - 260 Seiten The first full-scale study of the rule of Cromwell's major-generals over England and Wales during 1655 and 1656. This is a period which had a dramatic impact upon contemporaries and has remained a powerful symbol of military rule down to the present day. Contains chapters on the three most important aspects of the major-generals' work: the collection of the decimation tax; the attempt to improve the security of the regime; and the struggle to build the 'Godly Nation'. Concludes with an investigation of the 1656 election and the major-generals subsequent unexpected fall from power. Fills a major gap in the historiography of Cromwellian England. |
Inhalt
Introduction background and historiography | 1 |
The system origins and construction | 15 |
The men backgrounds careers and beliefs | 38 |
The helpers the commissioners for securing the peace of the commonwealth | 59 |
New local government and old local government | 73 |
The decimation tax | 97 |
Securing the peace of the commonwealth | 127 |
The struggle for the godly nation | 154 |
The majorgenerals and the 1656 election | 187 |
Defeat at Westminster and fall from power | 206 |
Conclusion | 228 |
The majorgenerals later careers | 234 |
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active alehouses appointed argued associations attempt Bod Lib Buckinghamshire campaign Charles Worsley Cheshire commented commission commissioners commonwealth council Cromwell's Cromwellian December decimation tax declared Diary of Thomas early Edward Whalley ejected ejectors election England English Essex estates Firth fols godly government's Hampshire Henry Hezekiah Haynes Ibid informed Thurloe Interregnum James Berry January John Barkstead John Desborough John Thurloe justices Kent Lancashire late letter Lincolnshire London Lord major major-generals Middlesex militia bill militia troops ministers Model Army months Norfolk Northamptonshire Nottinghamshire November ordered Packer petition political puritan Quakers Quarter Sessions Rawlinson MSS Record Office reform regime religious reported to Thurloe Richard Robert Lilburne royalist community royalists rule Rutt second protectorate parliament sheriff shire Speeches of Cromwell Staffordshire subsequently summer of 1656 Sussex Thomas Burton Thomas Kelsey Tobias Bridge told Thurloe Verney Wales weeks later Westminster William Boteler William Goffe Writings and Speeches Yorkshire
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