Words at war : the contested language of the English Civil War /

The English Civil War was not simply a conflict between two opposing, unstable, complicated alliances of various factions, but a war of words. Supporters of the King and allies of Parliament and the New Model Army clashed over ideals, ideas and concepts as they each sought to impose their understand...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hadfield, Andrew (Author, Editor), Hammond, Paul, 1953- (Author, Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press, [2024].
Edition:First edition.
Series:Proceedings of the British Academy ; 261.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Andrew Hadfield and Paul Hammond
  • Part I: God and providence
  • God in scripture study aids / Katrin Ettenhuber
  • God in Hobbes / Victoria Silver
  • Providence in Browne / Matthew C. Augustine
  • Providence in the letters and speeches of Oliver Cromwell / N.H. Keeble
  • Part II: Freedom and servitude
  • Freedom in early Quaker tracts / N.H. Keeble
  • Slavery in John Taylor / Phil Withington
  • Freedom in the cavalier poets / Nicholas McDowell
  • Part III: Nature and law
  • Nature and natural law in radical writing / Andrew Hadfield
  • Law in Clarendon / Paul Hammond
  • Nature in Cowley / Gillian Wright
  • Nature in Lovelace / Andrew Hadfield
  • Part IV: King and people
  • The people in Marvell and Cavendish / Niall Allsopp
  • The king in the parliamentary debates of 1657 / Alice Hunt
  • The people in royalist women's writing / Ruth Connolly
  • The king and the people in the newsbooks / Jack Avery
  • Part V: Conscience and virtue
  • Conscience in Marvell / Stewart Mottram
  • Conscience and nation in Milton 1640-1660 / Elizabeth Sauer
  • Virtue in defeat in Davenant and Cowley / Christopher Tilmouth
  • Virtue in Milton / Paul Hammond
  • Part VI: A legacy
  • Checks and balances : the birth of a vocabulary / Blair Worden.