Peter Gaunt Livres

Exploring the dynamic period of Tudor and Stuart Britain, this book delves into the political, social, and cultural transformations from the late 15th to the early 18th century. It examines the reigns of notable monarchs, the rise of the English Parliament, and the impact of religious changes, including the Reformation. The narrative highlights key events such as the Spanish Armada, the English Civil War, and the establishment of the Commonwealth, providing a comprehensive understanding of how these eras shaped modern Britain.

A concise history of events in England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland during the 1640s. Gaunt explores the relationship between the kingdoms and assesses whether the wars can be seen as a single conflict or inter-related, separate conflicts.

This volume offers a guide to Cromwellian and civil war sites throughout Britain and Ireland, furnishing a topographical history of the Civil War and Commonwealth from the Parliamentary perspective. Not only does it cover the scenes of military conflict - battlefields, castles, fortified houses, churches, defended and besieged towns and cities - but also other locations connected with the leading Parliamentary soldiers, politicians, clerics and artists of the period, with an emphasis on sites connected with Oliver Cromwell and his family. An itinerary of Oliver Cromwell's movements from 1640 to 1658 appears as an appendix to the gazetteer and there is also a detailed genealogy of the Cromwells from the 16th century to the early 19th centruy.

Sir, God hath taken away your eldest son by a cannon shot. It brake his leg. We were necessitated to have it cut off, whereof he died.' In one of the most famous and moving letters of the Civil War, Oliver Cromwell told his brother-in-law that on 2 July 1644 Parliament had won an emphatic victory over a Royalist army commanded by King Charles I's nephew, Prince Rupert, on rolling moorland west of York. But that battle, Marston Moor, had also slain his own nephew, the recipient's firstborn. In this vividly narrated history of the deadly conflict that engulfed the nation during the 1640s, Peter Gaunt shows that, with the exception of World War I, the death-rate was higher than any other contest in which Britain has participated. Numerous towns and villages were garrisoned, attacked, damaged or wrecked. The landscape was profoundly altered. Yet amidst all the blood and killing, the fighting was also a catalyst for profound social change and innovation. Charting major battles, raids and engagements, the author uses rich contemporary accounts to explore the life-changing experience of war for those involved, whether musketeers at Cheriton, dragoons at Edgehill or Cromwell's disciplined Ironsides at Naseby (1645).

This classic text has sold over 50,000 copies since first published, and it has been widely hailed as the best of its kind on the period. It has been an OU Set text for 5 years.This second edition reassesses the social, economic and intellectual dimensions of the age as well as it politics and religion. A new Timeline appendix provides the chronology and facts leaving the text clear to introduce the various interpretative problems of the period and allowing the reader to take part in the debate themselves. The Stuart Age is at the centre of the most lively and exciting debates of any period in British history. A flood of new research on seventeenth century England, and especially the interco-nnections between England and the rest of Britain has required the reinterpretation of many of its major aspects. In an extensively revised second edition of this seminal work Barry Coward reconsiders these key themes: ? the causes of the English Civil War? the nature of the English Revolution? the aims and achievements of Oliver Cromwell? the continuation of religious passion in the politics of Restoration England? the impact on Britain of the Glorious revolutionThe authorBarry Coward is Reade

The English Civil War, fought between 1642 and 1646, occurred during one of the most turbulent but important periods in British history.Oliver Cromwell (1599–1658) was the leading political figure of this period. A religious visionary and moral reformer, Cromwell believed that the Lord had not only chosen him for a special mission but had also handed him the military success and political power to fulfill that divine task. He became a dazzlingly successful soldier and politician, a man who possessed the power and influence to shape the course of revolution and reform. A military genius, he played a crucial role both in crushing the monarchy in England and Wales and in establishing English republican control over Ireland and Scotland. He rose to be head of the army and eventually head of state of a united Britain as Lord Protector.This illustrated biography provides a concise and accessible introduction to Cromwell's life and career. The text draws upon extensive and up-to-date research as well as contemporary speeches and letters, both personal and political, giving an insight into the hopes and fears, goals and aspirations of the man behind one of the most critical periods of British history.

Niniejsza książka uznawana jest za najlepsze jednotomowe opracowanie dotyczące XVII-wiecznej Anglii i doczekała się już pięciu wznowień w Wielkiej Brytanii. Autor udowadnia, że Stuartowie niesłusznie znaleźli się w cieniu swoich wielkich poprzedników, a ich losy są równie burzliwe i intrygujące jak dzieje dynastii Tudorów. Okres panowania Stuartów to nie tylko czas wojen domowych – wielkiego Cromwella, rewolucji i tragicznych losów Karola I. Za rządów szkockiej dynastii Anglia rozpoczęła ekspansję kolonialną, stała się europejskim mocarstwem i doprowadziła do unii realnej ze Szkocją,tworząc Królestwo Wielkiej Brytanii. Wydanie to zostało starannie przejrzane i uaktualnione przez Petera Gaunta. Uwzględnia nowe osiągnięcia naukowe i zmieniające się trendy w badaniach nad epoką Stuartów. Zostało poszerzone o kluczową tematykę, jak między innymi: ekonomiczne, religijne i społeczne tło epoki pierwszych Stuartów, istotne wydarzenia zbrojne oraz spory dotyczące angielskiej wojny domowej, podboje kolonialne, polityka zagraniczna i wojny prowadzone poza granicami kraju oraz znaczące wydarzenia, jakie nastąpiły w Szkocji i Irlandii.