A collection of essays by specialists on the period, which explores the context, causes and consequences of what some have called the Puritan Revolution, others the English Revolution and what many, just after the events, referred to as "The Late Troubles". The contributors are Barry Coward, Christopher Hill, Peter Newman, Austin Woolrych, Robert Ashton, Derek Massarella, Jim Sharpe, Paul Pickney, Anthony Fletcher, and Peter Gaunt.