Conflict in Early Stuart England: Studies in Religion and Politics 1603-1642

by Richard Cust

This important collection of essays, based on extensive original research, presents a vigorous critique of ' revisionist' analyses of the period, and reasserts the importance of long term ideological and social developments in causing the outbreak of the civil war.

584 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1989

About the author

Richard Cust is professor of early modern history at the University of Birmingham, specialising in the political and cultural history of late sixteenth and early seventeenth century England.

Reviews

[Flynn Evans · Rating 4 out of 5]

The quintessential post-revisionist manifesto for the study of the English Civil War. It amply demonstrates that long-term religious, political, and social conflicts are crucial for understanding the breakdown of Charles I’s “personal rule.”

[imngrer · Rating 4 out of 5]

I write very few reviews but this book will definitely get one when I have finished reading it.

[Lynne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very informative and useful.