The English Civil War: Conflict and Contexts, 1640-49

Problems in Focus

by John E. Adamson (Editor)

The Civil Wars provides a critical new synthesis of current research on the political crisis that engulfed all three Stuart kingdoms in the mid-Seventeenth century. Drawing on new archival findings and challenging current orthodoxies on a variety of fronts, these essays offer a distinctly original perspective on the Stuart kingdoms' most traumatic decade.

352 pages, Paperback

First published January 6, 2008