The History of the Civil War (1642-1649) in Pembrokeshire and on Its Borders
Author: Arthur Leonard Leach
Publisher:
Published: 1937
Total Pages: 268
ISBN-13:
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John Poyer, the Civil Wars in Pembrokeshire and the British Revolutions
Author: Lloyd Bowen
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Published: 2020-10-01
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 1786836556
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the first book-length treatment of the ‘turncoat’ John Poyer, the man who initiated the Second Civil War through his rebellion in south Wales in 1648. The volume charts Poyer’s rise from a humble glover in Pembroke to become parliament’s most significant supporter in Wales during the First Civil War (1642–6), and argues that he was a more complex and significant individual than most commentators have realised. Poyer’s involvement in the poisonous factional politics of the post-war period (1646–8) is examined, and newly discovered material demonstrates how his career offers fresh insights into the relationship between national and local politics in the 1640s, the use of print and publicity by provincial interest groups, and the importance of local factionalism in understanding the course of the civil war in south Wales. The volume also offers a substantial analysis of Poyer’s posthumous reputation after his execution by firing squad in April 1649.
The English Revolution 1642-1649
Author: D.E. Kennedy
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2017-05-01
Total Pages: 171
ISBN-13: 033398420X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe English Civil Wars and Revolution remain controversial. This book develops the theme that the Revolution, arising from the three separate rebellions, was an English phenomenon exported to Ireland and then to Scotland. Dr Kennedy examines the widespread effects of years of bloody and unnatural civil wars upon the British Isles. He also explores the symbolism of Charles I's execution, the 'great debates' about the proper limits of the King's authority and the 'great divide' in English politics which makes neutral writing about this period impossible. Taking into account the radical exigencies and expectations of war and peace-making, the discordant testimonies from battlefield and bargaining table, Parliament, press and pulpit, Dr Kennedy provides a full analysis of the English experience of revolution.
The Royalist War Effort 1642-1646
Author: Ronald Hutton
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012-10-12
Total Pages: 309
ISBN-13: 1134602316
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe English Civil War remains the most prolonged and traumatic example of internal violence in the history of the state. The Royalist War Effort, 1642-1646 shows the build up to the outbreak of the war, detailing how the war was fought, and how, ultimately, it was won and lost. In his new introduction to this second edition, Ronald Hutton places his vivid account of the Royalist war effort into modern historical context, bringing the reader up-to-date with recent developments in the study of the English civil war. He analyses the influences which affected his own interpretation of events, ensuring that The Royalist War Effort, 1642-1646 remains the most informative and compelling account of the Royalist experience in the English civil war.
Remembering the English Civil Wars
Author: Lloyd Bowen
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2021-10-17
Total Pages: 220
ISBN-13: 1000462447
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRemembering the English Civil Wars is the first collection of essays to explore how the bloody struggle which took place between the supporters of king and parliament during the 1640s was viewed in retrospect. The English Civil Wars were perhaps the most calamitous series of conflicts in the country’s recorded history. Over the past twenty years there has been a surge of interest in the way that the Civil Wars were remembered by the men, women and children who were unfortunate enough to live through them. The essays brought together in this book not only provide a clear and accessible introduction to this fast-developing field of study but also bring together the voices of a diverse group of scholars who are working at its cutting edge. Through the investigation of a broad, but closely interrelated, range of topics – including elite, popular, urban and local memories of the wars, as well as the relationships between civil war memory and ceremony, material culture and concepts of space and place – the essays contained in this volume demonstrate, with exceptional vividness and clarity, how the people of England and Wales continued to be haunted by the ghosts of the mid-century conflict throughout the decades which followed. The book will be essential reading for all students of the English Civil Wars, Stuart Britain and the history of memory.
The Royalist War Effort
Author: Ronald Hutton
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2003-09-02
Total Pages: 307
ISBN-13: 1134405278
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe English Civil War remains the most prolonged and traumatic example of internal violence in the history of the state. This book shows how such a war was achieved and sustained, and how ultimately it was won and lost.
‘A Storme Out of Wales’
Author: Robert Matthews
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2011-11-15
Total Pages: 205
ISBN-13: 1443835323
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Second Civil War (1648) began in south Wales. The present study is the first detailed contextual narrative and analysis of the revolt in Wales, covering the originating mutiny at Pembroke Castle, its development into a rebellion that spread through south Wales, the Battle of St. Fagans (the biggest battle ever fought in Wales), and Cromwell's successful Welsh campaign involving the sieges of Chepstow, Tenby and Pembroke. The consequences of the revolt, involving the emergence of new local...
Turncoats and Renegadoes
Author: Andrew Hopper
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 2012-11-15
Total Pages: 271
ISBN-13: 0191639346
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTurncoats and Renegadoes is the first dedicated study of the practice of changing sides during the English Civil Wars. It examines the extent and significance of side-changing in England and Wales but also includes comparative material from Scotland and Ireland. The first half identifies side-changers among peers, MPs, army officers, and common soldiers, before reconstructing the chronological and regional patterns to their defections. The second half delivers a cultural history of treachery, by adopting a thematic approach to explore the social and cultural implications of defections, and demonstrating how notions of what constituted a turncoat were culturally constructed. Side-changing came to dominate strategy on both sides at the highest levels. Both sides reviled, yet sought to take advantage of the practice, whilst allegations of treachery came to dominate the internal politics of royalists and parliamentarians alike. The language applied to 'turncoats and renegadoes' in contemporary print is discussed and contrasted with the self-justifications of the side-changers themselves as they sought to shape an honourable self-image for their families and posterity. Andrew Hopper investigates the implementation of military justice, along with the theatre of retribution surrounding the trial and execution of turncoats. He concludes by arguing that, far from side-changing being the dubious practice of a handful of aberrant individuals, it became a necessary survival strategy for thousands as they navigated their way through such rapidly changing events. He reveals how side-changing shaped the course of the English Revolution, even contributing to the regicide itself, and remained an important political legacy to the English speaking peoples thereafter.
The British Civil War
Author: Trevor Royle
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 907
ISBN-13: 0312292937
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe entirety of the British Civil War has never been covered in a single volume--until now. While it is usually seen as an English conflict, Royle paints the picture on a large canvas to show that it engulfed the entirety of Great Britain. While the war began as the result of the Scots' unwillingness to accept Charles I's prayer book, their obstinacy inspired the Irish Catholics to rise against their English and Scot oppressors with the result that fourteen years internecine fighting was to be the norm for these islands. This is grand narrative military history at its best and a monumental achievement.
Pembrokeshire Life, 1572-1843
Author: Brian Elwyn Howells
Publisher:
Published: 1972
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13:
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