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Book SynopsisThis book is about the crisis of transition marked by the English Revolution (1640-1660), while at the same time placing it in the context of a long seventeenth century - running from about 1590 to 1720.Leading experts explore this theme, with special reference to developments in politics, religion and society, at national and local level. -- .
Table of Contents1. Introduction: locating the ‘English Revolution’ – Nicholas Tyacke
2. The English Revolution and its legacies – Michael J. Braddick
3. ‘Patriots’ and ‘popular spirits’: narratives of conflict in early Stuart politics – Richard Cust
4. Religion and community in pre-civil war England – Anthony Milton
5. The queen is ‘a goggyll eyed hoore’: gender and seditious speech in early-modern England – Andy Wood
6. Politicising the popular? The ‘tradition of riot’ and popular political culture in the English Revolution – John Walter
7. Religious diversity in revolutionary London – Ann Hughes
8. Behemoth or civil war and revolution in English parish communities, 1641–82 – Dan Beaver
9. The King’s Book: Eikon Basilike and the English Revolution of 1649 – Sean Kelsey
10. Public politics in England c.1675– c.1715 – Mark Knights
11. ‘My kingdom is not of this world’: the politics of religion after the Revolution – Justin Champion
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