Cromwell's major generals
Subtitle: godly government during the English Revolution
By: Christopher Durston.
Series: Politics, culture, and society in early modern Britain
Publisher: Manchester University Press; Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Manchester; New York, NY; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
Subjects: Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1642-1660
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1 Introduction: background and historiography -i; title: 2 The system: origins and construction -15; title: 3 The men: backgrounds, careers and beliefs -38; title: 4 The helpers: the commissioners for securing the peace of the commonwealth -59; title: 5 New local government and old local government -73; title: 6 The decimation tax -97; title: 7 Securing the peace of the commonwealth -127; title: 8 The struggle for the godly nation -54; title: 9 The major-generals and the 1656 election -187; title: 10 Defeat at Westminster and fall from power -206; title: 11 Conclusion -228; title: Postscript: The major-generals' later careers -234; title: SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY-240; title: INDEX-25I.