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UNINA9910817863103321 |
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England's fortress : new perspectives on Thomas, 3rd Lord Fairfax / / edited by Andrew Hopper and Philip Major |
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London : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
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ISBN |
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1-315-57968-5 |
1-317-14329-9 |
1-317-14328-0 |
1-4724-1857-3 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (307 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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HopperAndrew (Andrew James) |
MajorPhilip |
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Soggetti |
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Generals - Great Britain |
Legislators - Great Britain |
Great Britain History Civil War, 1642-1649 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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First published 2014 by Ashgate Publishing. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I: Fairfax: Soldier and Statesman; 1'In So Shifting a Scene': Thomas Fairfax as Lord of the Isle of Man, 1651-60; 2Sir Thomas Fairfax and Siege Warfare during the English Civil Wars; 3Naseby: Landscape of a Battle; 4 Remembering (and Forgetting) Fairfax's Battlefields; 5 Images of Fairfax in Modern Literature and Film; Part II: Fairfax: Husband, Horseman and Scholar; 6 Anne and Thomas Fairfax, and the Vere Connection |
7'O how I love these Solitudes': Thomas Fairfax and the Poetics of Retirement8'The Genius of the house': Andrew Marvell's Private Lord Fairfax; 9 An Appleton Psalter: The Shared Devotions of Thomas Fairfax and Andrew Marvell; 10Gentlemen's Recreation and Georgic Improvement: Lord Fairfax on Horse Breeding; Works Cited; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Overshadowed in the popular imagination by the figure of Oliver Cromwell, historians are increasingly coming to recognize the importance of Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, in shaping |
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