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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452416303321

Autore

Woodford Benjamin

Titolo

Perceptions of a monarchy without a king [[electronic resource] ] : reactions to Oliver Cromwell's power / / by Benjamin Woodford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal, Quebec, : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2013

ISBN

1-299-39492-2

0-7735-8812-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 p.)

Disciplina

941.06/4092

Soggetti

Monarchy - Great Britain - History - 17th century

Electronic books.

Great Britain History Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- 1 Oliver Cromwell's Kingship Speeches and the Arguments of the Kingship Committee -- 2 The Absence of Kingship in Printed Propaganda -- 3 Mercurius Politicus : A Newsbook's Account of the Kingship Crisis -- 4 Cromwellian Writers: Marchamont Nedham, John Milton, and Michael Hawke -- 5 Cromwellian Poets: Edmund Waller, Andrew Marvell, George Wither, and John Lineall -- 6 Cromwellian Monarchists and Stuart Loyalists: A Split in the Royalist Movement -- 7 Religious Reactions to Cromwellian Power Conclusion -- 8 James Harrington's Oceana and Its Relation to the Protectorate -- Conclusion.