The King's peace, 1637-1641 / C.V. Wedgwood
1955, First Edition. Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England ; New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #430973
Physical description; 510 pages ; 20 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 489-492) and index. Contents; TABLE OF CONTENTS -- The happiest king in Christendom: June 1637 -- Court and country -- Faith and foreign politics -- The king's peace and the king's revenue -- Challenge from Scotland: June 1637- July 1639 -- The covenant -- Ship-money -- The Glasgow assembly -- The first Scots war -- An army in Ireland: August 1639- November 1641 -- The return of the lord deputy -- The short parliament -- The second Scots war -- Parliament and the crown -- The end of Strafford -0- The king and John Pym -- Scotland and Ireland. Subjects; Karl (England, König, I.). Charles I, King of Great Britain and Ireland. 1625-1649. Geschichte 1637-1641. War Causes. Great Britain History Charles I, 1625-1649. Great Britain History Civil War, 1642-1649 Causes.
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