English Civil War
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Monarchy and Revolution 1625-1815 |
This course looks at Britain and France,1625 and 1815, when the very idea and nature of Monarchical rule came under persistent Revolutionary... |
Charles I, Robespierre, Napoleon, English Civil War, American Revolution, French Revolution, Napoleonic Empire | view |
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'A World Turned Upside Down'? Revolutionary England from Civil War to Cromwell |
We will explore one of the most turbulent periods in English history: the Civil War and Cromwellian era. This was a period which lives long in... |
Cromwell, History, English Civil War | view |
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BBC Portraits by William Dobson |
BBC Portraits by William Dobson |
English Civil War, William Dobson, Portraiture, British Art, Painting | view |
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John Locke, Second Treatise of Government, 1690 |
John Locke, Second Treatise of Government, 1690 |
English Civil War, Charles I, Charles II, Glorious Revolution, Hobbes, Locke | view |
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BBC British History |
Covering many aspects of British History from Norman to the present day, authoritative articles, well-illustrated and accessible. |
Norman, Medieval, Middle ages, Tudor, English Civil War, Victorian, First World War, Second World War, 19th century, History | view |
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James Harrington, The Commonwealth of Oceana (1656) |
James Harrington's Oceana is one of the most important works of political and constitutional theory produced during the English... |
English Civil War, James Harrington, Political Theory, Commonwealth and Protectorate, Interregnum | view |
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J. Aubrey, A. Clark, "Brief lives", chiefly of contemporaries, set down by John Aubrey (Clarendon, 1898), (1 of 2 vols: A-H) |
The most scholarly version yet available of John Aubrey's manuscript Brief Lives, albeit slightly bowdlerised to suit victorian tastes. ... |
English Civil War, biography | view |
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Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan, 1651 |
Full text of Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan, 1651 |
English Civil War, Charles I, Charles II, Glorious Revolution, Hobbes, Locke | view |
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The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England |
The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England.Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, 1609-1674 |
English Civil War, Edward Hyde, Clarendon | view |
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The Leveller Petition September 1648 |
The original petition of the radical Levellers during the English Civil War on 11 September 1648. It illustrates their social and political... |
English Civil War, Seventeeth-century, British politics, History | view |