Introduction to Dynamic System Modeling for Design

Science & Math

Smith, David L.

Technology

Pearson College Div

This readable history fills a gap in the field by providing an overview of parliamentary history in the period as well as a synthesis of current research on the subject. In the process, the book transcends partisan positions and suggests an organic approach that integrates parliamentary history into the wider processes of politics and government.

The Stuart Parliaments, 1603-1689 (Reconstruction in Early Modern History Series)

History

Europe

Hodder Education Publishers

The seventeenth century was one of the most crucial periods in the history of the English Parliament. David Smith offers us the first synthesis of the large body of research on the subject, transcending both the 'Whig' and 'revisionist' positions by integrating parliamentary history into the wider processes of government and the continuing relationship between successive rulers and their subjects.

This volume provides a detailed book-length study of the period of the Protectorate Parliaments from September 1654 to April 1659. The study is very broad in its scope, covering topics as diverse as the British and Irish dimensions of the Protectorate Parliaments, the political and social nature of factions, problems of management, the legal and judicial aspects of Parliament's functions, foreign policy and the nature of the parliamentary franchise and elections in this period. In its wide-ranging analysis of Parliaments and politics throughout the Protectorate the book also examines both Lord Protectors, all three Protectorate Parliaments and the reasons why Oliver and Richard Cromwell were never able to achieve a stable working relationship with any Parliament. Its chronological coverage extends to the demise of the Third Protectorate Parliament in April 1659. This comprehensive account will appeal to historians of early modern British political history.

Parliaments and Politics during the Cromwellian Protectorate (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History)

Little, Patrick

Cambridge University Press

Oliver Cromwell was the only Republican ruler in English history. He rose from being an obscure country farmer, through a brilliant career as a soldier to become Head of State as Lord Protector. But although we have extensive records of his letters and speeches, much about his career and his inner motives remains mysterious. Through a wide variety of primary sources, this book will consider what drove Cromwell as a soldier, politician, statesman and religious visionary; how he saw his own mission, and how others viewed him. Ultimately we confront a haunting question: was Cromwell a man driven by visions of a free and just society, or by ambition and self-interest; a principled defender of civil and religious liberties or a bigot and tyrant?

Oliver Cromwell: Politics and Religion in the English Revolution 1640–1658 (Cambridge Topics in History)

The true nature of the age of Louis XIV is revealed through an extensive range of primary and secondary sources in this study of the Sun King whose regime was known as the ultimate example of absolutism.

Louis XIV (Cambridge Topics in History)

"Constitutional Royalism" is one of the most familiar yet least often examined of all the political labels found in the historiography of the English Revolution. This book fills a gap by investigating the leading Constitutional royalists who rallied to King Charles I in 1642 while consistently urging him to reach an "accommodation" with Parliament. These royalists' early careers reveal that a commitment to the rule of law and a relative lack of "godly" zeal were the characteristic predictors of Constitutional royalism in the Civil War. Such attitudes explain why many of them criticized the policies of the King's personal rule, but also why they joined the King in 1642 and tried to achieve a negotiated settlement thereafter.

Constitutional Royalism and the Search for Settlement, c.1640–1649 (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History)

An engaging range of period texts and theme books for AS and A Level history. The relations between the crown and parliament in England between the accession of Elizabeth I in 1558 and the Revolution of 1688-89 are examined. The authors analyse the changing nature of royal powers and the limitations that were placed upon them. The reasons for the development of a limited monarchy, and the role that the individual monarchs' personalities played, are explored through a series of stimulating case studies and primary sources. Central themes include changes in the balance of power between crown and parliament, the growing constraints on royal powers, and the evolution of parliament into a permanent institution.

Crown and Parliaments, 1558–1689 (Cambridge Perspectives in History)

Seel, Graham E.

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Introduction to Dynamic System Modeling for Design

The Stuart Parliaments, 1603-1689 (Reconstruction in Early Modern History Series)

The Stuart Parliaments, 1603-1689 (Reconstruction in Early Modern History Series)

Parliaments and Politics during the Cromwellian Protectorate (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History)

Oliver Cromwell: Politics and Religion in the English Revolution 1640–1658 (Cambridge Topics in History)

Louis XIV (Cambridge Topics in History)

Constitutional Royalism and the Search for Settlement, c.1640–1649 (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History)

Crown and Parliaments, 1558–1689 (Cambridge Perspectives in History)

Parliaments and Politics during the Cromwellian Protectorate (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History)

Constitutional Royalism and the Search for Settlement, c.1640–1649 (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History)