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London and the Civil War

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  • © 1996

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Editors:
  1. Stephen Porter

    1. Royal Commission, Historical Monuments of England, UK

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • Stephen Porter
    Pages 1-30

  3. London at the Outbreak of the Civil War

    • Rosemary Weinstein
    Pages 31-44

  4. Insurgency, Counter-Insurgency and Inaction: Three Phases in the Role of the City in the Great Rebellion

    • Robert Ashton
    Pages 45-64

  5. ‘A Great Bouncing at Every Man’s Door’: The Struggle for London’s Militia in 1642

    • Lawson Nagel
    Pages 65-88

  6. Citizen Soldiers: The Military Power of the City of London

    • Keith Roberts
    Pages 89-116

  7. The Lines of Communication: The Civil War Defences of London

    • Victor Smith, Peter Kelsey
    Pages 117-148

  8. ‘This Proud Unthankefull City’: A Cavalier View of London in the Civil War

    • Ian Roy
    Pages 149-174

  9. The Economic and Social Impact of the Civil War upon London

    • Stephen Porter
    Pages 175-204

  10. Political Funerals during the English Revolution

    • Ian Gentles
    Pages 205-224

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 225-236
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`The book has a freshness of viewpoint which makes most enjoyable reading.' - Joan Thirsk As the country's largest city, the focus of its trade and cultural life and the possessor of sizeable militia forces and the national capital, London's influence on the country's history has always been very important. In particular its adherence to the parliamentarian cause was crucial to the outcome of the first Civil War and its aloofness from the second Civil War was no less significant. The essays in this volume examine the background to its choice of allegiance, the way in which it was secured for the parliamentary cause in 1642, its contribution to the war effort, the royalists' reaction to its recalcitrance, the impact of the war upon the capital and its importance as the centre of politically inspired ceremonial.

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  • Royal Commission, Historical Monuments of England, UK

    Stephen Porter

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