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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463000203321

Autore

Farr David <1969 January 22->

Titolo

Major-General Thomas Harrison : millenarianism, fifth monarchism and the English Revolution 1616-1660 / / David Farr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Burlington, VT : , : Ashgate, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

1-317-10267-3

1-317-10266-5

1-4094-6555-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (317 p.)

Disciplina

942.06/2092

B

Soggetti

Generals - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Great Britain History Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660 Biography

Great Britain Politics and government 1642-1660

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1659-1660 Harrison's capture -- 1660 Harrison's trial -- 1660 Harrison's death -- 1642-1651 Harrison the soldier -- 1646-1649 Harrison the regicide -- 1646-1660 Harrison the millenarian -- 1649-1653 Harrison the saint -- 1649-1653 Harrison the parliamentarian -- 1653-1660 Harrison's retreat -- 1616-1659 Harrison's rise -- Conclusion: Thomas Harrison, millenarianism, fifth monarchism and the English Revolution.

Sommario/riassunto

Thomas Harrison is today perhaps best remembered for the manner of his death. As a leading member of the republican regime and signatory to Charles I's death warrant, he was hanged, drawn and quartered by the Restoration government in 1660; a spectacle witnessed by Samuel Pepys who recorded him 'looking as cheerful as any man could do in that condition'. Beginning with this grisly event, this book employs a thematic, rather than chronological approach, to illustrate the role of millenarianism and providence in the English Revolution, religion within



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