The Civil Wars: A History of England, Scotland, and Ireland 1638-1660.
Author: KENYON & OHLMEYER.
Oxford University Press, 1998. 416 pages. Illustrated. Maps. Hardback.
FOR over ten years in the mid 17th century, the kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland were locked in a bloody, brutal struggle. What began as a clash of ideologies became a battle for identity as English forces gradually overcame Irish and Scottish resistance, paving the way for the political tensions within today’s United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland.
WHAT impact did this decade of civil strife have on the peoples of England, Ireland, and Scotland, particularly on the men, women, and children caught up in the conflict? How did the hundreds of sieges and skirmishes, the pitched battles and seemingly endless troop movements, affect the development of military technology? How were the thousands of troops raised, trained, clothed, armed, and fed in countries that had been at peace for decades? Why, in the end, did one side win and the others lose?
THE CIVIL WARS offers a powerful new assessment of the conflict that engulfed the kingdoms ruled by Charles I after 1638. Written by an international team of nine distinguished historians, it focuses on the Wars not simply as an English conflict, but as a related series of civil wars fought within and between England, Wales, Ireland, and Scotland during the 1640s. It explains why Charles I lost the ‘Wars of the Three Kingdoms’, and how the English parliament reduced Ireland and Scotland to its authority after 1649. Elegantly written and beautifully illustrated, this fascinating new work provides an indispensable guide to one of the defining periods of our islands’ history.
CONTENTS:-
Preface
List of Maps
J. P. Kenyon (1927-1996): A Personal Appreciation
GEOFFREY PARKER
List of Contributors
Introduction
JOHN MORRILL
PART I
Civil Wars in the Stuart Kingdoms
1. The Background to the Civil Wars in the Stuart Kingdoms
JOHN KENYON WITH JANE OHLMEYER
2. The Civil Wars in Scotland
EDWARD FURGOL
3. The Civil Wars in Ireland
JANE OHLMEYER
4. The Civil Wars in England
IAN GENTLES
5. Naval Operations
BERNARD CAPP
PART 2
British and Irish Experiences War
6. Sieges and fortifications
RONALD MUTTON AND WYLIE REEVES
7. Logistics and Supply
PETER EDWARDS
8. Civilians
CHARLES CARLTON
Postlude: Between War and Peace 1651—1662
JOHN MORRILL
Select Bibliography
Chronology
Index
Acknowledgements
ISBN: 019866222X
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