LEADER 03899nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910816689103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-299-39492-2 010 $a0-7735-8812-4 024 7 $a10.1515/9780773588127 035 $a(CKB)2550000001017574 035 $a(EBL)3332587 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000950570 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11524500 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000950570 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10879540 035 $a(PQKB)11270999 035 $a(CEL)444753 035 $a(OCoLC)842266015 035 $a(CaBNVSL)slc00232116 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3332587 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10679113 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL470742 035 $a(OCoLC)929122149 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/qs3f7m 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3332587 035 $a(DE-B1597)656476 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780773588127 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001017574 100 $a20130129d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPerceptions of a monarchy without a king $ereactions to Oliver Cromwell's power /$fby Benjamin Woodford 210 $aMontreal, Quebec $cMcGill-Queen's University Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (254 p.) 311 $a0-7735-4109-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- 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. 330 $a"Oliver Cromwell had not a drop of royal blood in him. Yet in 1657, prompted by the political chaos that followed the execution of Charles I and inspired by a belief that a return to monarchy was the only way to stabilize the nation, parliament offered Cromwell the crown of Britain. In Perceptions of a Monarchy without a King, Benjamin Woodford explores how factions both inside and outside of government reacted to this unprecedented event. Moving away from a biographical focus on Cromwell, Woodford looks to the print culture of the period to examine kingship and the Cromwellian regime as a complex phenomenon that elicited diverse reactions - from broadly in favour to dead-set against. Woodford analyzes Cromwell's speeches along with propaganda, newspapers, poetry, republican writings, and the works of religious sects. The fact that many of these writings were produced by men and women who were not members of the government demonstrates that both politicians and the general public were interested in the topics of Cromwell and kingship. Cromwell's military and political power rendered him a candidate for kingship, but even with his record of achievement, the offer of the crown to a non-nobleman was controversial. Perceptions of a Monarchy without a King reveals the entire nation's responses to the kingship debates while simultaneously illustrating the persistence of the monarchy in the 1650s."--Publisher's website. 606 $aMonarchy$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y17th century 607 $aGreat Britain$xHistory$yCommonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660 615 0$aMonarchy$xHistory 676 $a941.06/4092 700 $aWoodford$b Benjamin$01724123 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910816689103321 996 $aPerceptions of a monarchy without a king$94125938 997 $aUNINA