Description
Book SynopsisIt was 'Black Tom' Fairfax, not Oliver Cromwell, who created and commanded Parliament's New Model Army during the English Civil War. This is his first biography by a modern academic. -- .
Table of ContentsList of figures, maps and tables
Preface and acknowledgement
Abbreviations
Introduction
PART I
1 The Yorkshire Fairfaxes and the outbreak of wa
2 ‘The rude malice of the people’: Fairfax and popular parliamentarianism
3 ‘The brutish general’ and the year of victories
4 Parliament, the army and the second civil war
5 Fairfax and the King killers
6 Republic and Restoration
PART II
7 The Fairfaxes and the causes of the civil war
8 Religion and honour
9 ‘The rider of the white horse’: image and reputation
10 Gender and literature: Anne Fairfax and Andrew Marvell
11 Fairfax and Cromwell
Conclusion: The Short Memorials and the battle for the memory of Black Tom
Bibliography
Index
