God's Instruments: Political Conduct in the England of Oliver Cromwell by Worden, Blair

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2". xi, 421pp. Gentle bumps and mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of paper over boards. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: The Puritan Revolution escaped the control of its creators. The parliamentarians who went to war with Charles I in 1642 did not want or expect the fundamental changes that would follow seven years later: the trial and execution of the king, the abolition of the House of Lords, and the creation of the only republic in English history. There were startling and unexpected developments, too, in religion and ideas: the spread of unorthodox doctrines; the attainment of a wide measure of liberty of conscience; and new thinking about the moral and intellectual bases of politics and society. God's Instruments centres on the principal instrument of radical change, Oliver Cromwell, and on the unfamiliar landscape of the decade he dominated, from the abolition of… Read More

Oxford University Press, 2012-05-15. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x0. Contents are tight and clean

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Oxford University Press, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 'The fullest recent assessment of the period'. Currently in print at £60. Very presentable copy, unclipped jacket, appears unread. No inscriptions. xi + 421 pages, index. For more seventeenth century history re politics, religion, civil war, commonwealth etc etc please check my listings using SL17C in Keywords search box. Postal discounts apply if ordering more than one book - please ask.  Quantity Available: 1. Category: History ; ISBN: 0199570493. ISBN/EAN: 9780199570492. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 28046. . 9780199570492

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Hardback. New. A detailed study of the religious and political character of the most revolutionary decade of English history, from the execution of Charles I in 1649 to the return of his son in 1660. Explores the minds and conduct of the dominant figure of the era, Oliver Cromwell, and his friends and enemies.