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Beschreibung
Sir Thomas Fairfax, not Oliver Cromwell, was creator and commander of Parliament's New Model Army from 1645 to1650. Although Fairfax emerged as England's most successful commander of the 1640s, this book challenges the orthodoxy that he was purely a military figure, showing how he was not apolitical or disinterested in politics.
The book combines narrative and thematic approaches to explore the wider issues of popular allegiance, puritan religion, concepts of honour, image, reputation, memory, gender, literature, and Fairfax's relationship with Cromwell.

'Black Tom' delivers a groundbreaking examination of the transformative experience of the English revolution from the viewpoint of one of its leading, yet most neglected, participants. It is the first modern academic study of Fairfax, making it essential reading for university students as well as historians of the seventeenth century. Its accessible style will appeal to a wider audience of those interested in the civil wars and interregnum more generally.
Sir Thomas Fairfax, not Oliver Cromwell, was creator and commander of Parliament's New Model Army from 1645 to1650. Although Fairfax emerged as England's most successful commander of the 1640s, this book challenges the orthodoxy that he was purely a military figure, showing how he was not apolitical or disinterested in politics.
The book combines narrative and thematic approaches to explore the wider issues of popular allegiance, puritan religion, concepts of honour, image, reputation, memory, gender, literature, and Fairfax's relationship with Cromwell.

'Black Tom' delivers a groundbreaking examination of the transformative experience of the English revolution from the viewpoint of one of its leading, yet most neglected, participants. It is the first modern academic study of Fairfax, making it essential reading for university students as well as historians of the seventeenth century. Its accessible style will appeal to a wider audience of those interested in the civil wars and interregnum more generally.
Über den Autor
Andrew Hopper is Lecturer in History in the Centre for English Local History at the University of Leicester
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of figures, maps and tables
Preface and acknowledgement
Abbreviations
Introduction
PART I
1 The Yorkshire Fairfaxes and the outbreak of wa
2 'The rude malice of the people': Fairfax and popular parliamentarianism
3 'The brutish general' and the year of victories
4 Parliament, the army and the second civil war
5 Fairfax and the King killers
6 Republic and Restoration
PART II
7 The Fairfaxes and the causes of the civil war
8 Religion and honour
9 'The rider of the white horse': image and reputation
10 Gender and literature: Anne Fairfax and Andrew Marvell
11 Fairfax and Cromwell
Conclusion: The Short Memorials and the battle for the memory of Black Tom
Bibliography
Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Fachbereich: Regionalgeschichte
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780719071096
ISBN-10: 0719071097
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Hopper, Andrew
Hersteller: Manchester University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 234 x 156 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Andrew Hopper
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.05.2013
Gewicht: 0,421 kg
Artikel-ID: 102069510

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