09/23/21 The British Civil Wars c.1639-1652 (HIST3023) (V13136) | University of Nottingham The British Civil Wars c.1639-1652 View Online (HIST3023) (V13136) 685 items The main book I recommend for this Special Subject module is: (1 items) The English Revolution and the wars in the three kingdoms, 1638-1652 - I. J. Gentles, c2007 Book | If you are going to buy a book, this is the one! The best overview of early modern Britain is: (1 items) Early modern Britain, 1450-1750 - John Miller, 2017 Book The best general introduction to early modern historiography is: (1 items) Writing early modern history - Garthine Walker, c2005 Book Sessions 1 & 2: Introduction (18 items) Among the best general overviews of the early modern period are: (5 items) English society, 1580-1680 - Keith Wrightson, c2003 Book | This was for many years my recommended standard introduction to the period (at least, as regards England). There are numerous earlier editions, all fine. The making of the British Isles: the state of Britain and Ireland, 1450-1660 - Steven G. Ellis, Christopher Maginn, c2007 Book A monarchy transformed: Britain 1603-1714 - Mark A. Kishlansky, 1997 Book The Stuart age: England, 1603-1714 - Barry Coward Book | Earlier editions are ok. England in conflict, 1603-1660: kingdom, community, commonwealth - Derek Hirst, 1999 Book | This is an updated version of Hirst's Authority and Conflict (London, 1986). 1/56 09/23/21 The British Civil Wars c.1639-1652 (HIST3023) (V13136) | University of Nottingham Other good overviews of the Civil Wars are: (5 items) The civil wars in Britain and Ireland, 1638-1651 - Martyn Bennett, 1997 Book Rebellion or revolution?: England, 1640-1660 - G. E. Aylmer, 1986 Book History of the great civil war, 1642-1649 - Samuel Rawson Gardiner, 1894-1897 Book | Despite its age, this is still a good detailed narrative. The Civil Wars of England - J. P. Kenyon, 1996 Book | This is a short, but accurate (and affordable), introduction. Earlier editions are available. The English Revolution, c.1590-1720: politics, religion and communities - Nicholas Tyacke, 2007 Book | It's also worth having a look at the various essays in this book. Two recent and decent (but very large and detailed) works on the conflict are: (2 items) The noble revolt: the overthrow of Charles I - J. S. A. Adamson, c2007 Book | Adamson has modified his views over the years as regards the conflict being yet another baronial war, but this work shows that he is still preoccupied with the nobility and higher gentry. God's fury, England's fire: a new history of the English Civil Wars - M. J. Braddick, c2008 Book | I can't personally see anything 'new' in the book, but Mike Braddick is an excellent historian, and always worth reading. For general military histories of the conflict, see: (4 items) The civil wars: a military history of England, Scotland, and Ireland 1638-1660 - J. P. Kenyon, Jane H. Ohlmeyer, J. S. Morrill, 1998 Book A military history of the English Civil War, 1642-1646: strategy and tactics - Malcolm Wanklyn, Frank Jones, ebrary, 2014 Book War in England, 1642-1649 - Barbara Donagan, c2008 Book | Not a light read, but a superb piece of scholarship. The English Civil War: a military history of the three civil wars, 1642-1651 - Peter Young, Richard Holmes, 1974 Book | This is reasonably ok, although now rather dated in terms of sources, historiography and approach. 2/56 09/23/21 The British Civil Wars c.1639-1652 (HIST3023) (V13136) | University of Nottingham For useful collections of sources see: (2 items) The English Civil War and revolution: a sourcebook - Keith Lindley, 1998 Book The Constitutional documents of the Puritan revolution 1625-1660 - Samuel Rawson Gardiner, 1906 Book | This may be old, but you'll still find it very handy! Sessions 3 & 4: The Context and Causes of the Civil Wars (73 items) Causes (2 items) The causes of the English Civil War - Ann Hughes, 1998 Book | This is the best short introduction. The causes of the English Civil War: the Ford lectures delivered in the University of Oxford, 1987-1988 - Conrad Russell, 1990 Book | This should not be attempted without a firm grasp of events. Introduction (4 items) The Outbreak of the Civil Wars in the Three Kingdoms - J Peacey Chapter | This is a good short summary of recent historiography. What was the English Revolution? - J. Morrill, B. Manning, D. Underdown, March 1984 Article | This is rather older. The English Civil War - Richard Cust, Ann Hughes, 1997 Book | This is still good, particularly the introduction. The debate on the English revolution - R. C. Richardson, 1998 Book | This is still the standard work on the historiography of the causes and contexts of the Civil Wars. Long-term causes: (3 items) The causes of the English Revolution, 1529-1642 - Lawrence Stone, 1972 Book | This is basically a Whig presentation. The English revolution, 1640: three essays - Christopher Hill, Margaret James, Edgell Rickword, 1940 Book | This is a Marxist account. Prayer Book and Protestation: anti-popery, anti-puritanism and the outbreak of the English Civil War - M.J. Braddick 3/56 09/23/21 The British Civil Wars c.1639-1652 (HIST3023) (V13136) | University of Nottingham Chapter Revisionism (8 items) The revolt of the provinces: conservatives and radicals in the English Civil War, 1630-1650 - J. S. Morrill, 1980 Book | Read in particular chapter 1, 'The coming of war', in this classic revisionist account. OR Revolt in the provinces: the people of England and the tragedies of war, 1630-1648 - J. S. Morrill, 1999 Book | Read in particular the introduction to this edition. On revisionism in general, see: On Revisionism: An Analysis of Early Stuart Historiography in the 1970s and 1980s* - Glenn Burgess, 1990-9 Article Revisionism, Politics and Political Ideas in Early Stuart England - Glenn Burgess, 1991-6 Article Early Stuart Politics: revisionism and after - S Adams Chapter Most of the county studies produced in the 1960s and 1970s in the list above are examples of the revisionist or localist approaches (see also works on the 'county community' later in this guide). Short-term crisis (6 items) Why Did Charles I Fight the Civil War? - C. Russell, June 1984 Article Introduction of The origins of the English Civil War - Conrad Russell, 1973 Book The causes of the English Civil War: the Ford lectures delivered in the University of Oxford, 1987-1988 - Conrad Russell, 1990 Book The fall of the British monarchies, 1637-1642 - Conrad Russell, 1991 Book The Impact of the 1641 Rebellion upon England and Wales, 1641-5 - K Lindley, 1972 4/56 09/23/21 The British Civil Wars c.1639-1652 (HIST3023) (V13136) | University of Nottingham Article See also Darcy in 'British problem' below. British problem / Wars of the Three Kingdoms (8 items) The British problem and the English Civil War - C Russell, 1987 Article Three nations--a common history? - R.G. Asch, 1993 Book | See chapters by N. Canny, J. Morrill and K.M. Brown, which are most relevant. The Atlantic archipelago and the War of the Three Kingdoms - J.G.A. Pocock Chapter | Chapter 7 The English context of the British Civil Wars - J Adamson, Nov. 1998 Article Chapter 13 of The nature of the English Revolution / essays by John Morrill. Book The Irish rebellion of 1641 and the Wars of the Three Kingdoms - Eamon Darcy, Royal Historical Society (Great Britain), c2013 Book See also Lindley in 'Short-term Crisis' above. Chapter 6, A Sea of Blood? Massacres during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, 1641-53 - Inga Jones Chapter Bourgeois Revolution / Class Struggle (10 items) The English revolution, 1640: three essays - Christopher Hill, Margaret James, Edgell Rickword, 1940 Book | This is the classic statement of the Marxist position. is inspired by: Religion and the rise of capitalism: a historical study - R. H. Tawney, 1926 Book For an answer to Hill, see: Chapter 14 of The nature of the English Revolution / essays by John Morrill. Book For a briefer view, see 5/56 09/23/21 The British Civil Wars c.1639-1652 (HIST3023) (V13136) | University of Nottingham A Bourgeois Revolution? - C Hill Chapter Ehud's dagger: class struggle in the English Revolution - James Holstun, 2000 Book | This is a more recent attempt to restate the Marxist view. The English people and the English revolution - Brian Manning, 1991 Book | This is the most extended treatment and contains a very useful introduction summarising his position and answering his critics. The English People and the English Revolution Revisited - John Walter, 2006 Article | A revisitation of Manning's thesis by my old tutor John Walter Post-Revisionism (6 items) This, along with the approach that sees the civil wars as the supreme manifestation of the 'British problem', is the most recent. Retrospective: Wentworth's political world in revisionist and post-revisionist perspective - P. Lake Chapter Puritans, popularity and petitions: local politics in national context, Cheshire, 1641 - P. Lake Chapter Introduction to The English Civil War - Richard Cust, Ann Hughes, 1997 Book Ambition and failure in Stuart England: the career of John, first Viscount Scudamore - Ian Atherton, 1999 Book | Read especially chapters 1 & 8 Introduction to Culture and politics in early Stuart England - Kevin Sharpe, Peter Lake, 1994 Book More ideas for background reading: (26 items) Any decent textbook (e.g. Gentles) will give you a broad narrative of what was going on between 1640 and 1642. The outbreak of the English Civil War - Anthony Fletcher, 1981 Book | This is the best detailed exposition, integrating the situation in the (English) localities and the centre. The Coming of War - A Fletcher Chapter | For a summary of his ideas, see chapter 1: The Coming of War.