A History of England
Principally in the Seventeenth Century
Volume 2
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- Author: Leopold von Ranke
- Date Published: November 2010
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- isbn: 9781108022101
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German historian Leopold von Ranke (1795–1886) is well known for pioneering the modern historical method which advocates empiricism, rather than a focus on the philosophy of history. Emphasizing the importance of presenting history exactly as it happened, Ranke asserted that different eras need to be understood in their own contexts rather than in relation to each other: history should not be regarded as one long, teleological narrative. These principles of writing history, established in earlier publications, are all evident here. Originally published in eight volumes between 1859 and 1869, Ranke's history, 'principally in the seventeenth century', was first published in English as a six-volume history by the Clarendon Press in 1875, the mammoth task of its translation distributed among eight Oxford dons. Volume 2 details the build-up to the English civil war, troubles in Scotland, and the ultimate execution of King Charles I.
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- Date Published: November 2010
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108022101
- length: 568 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 140 x 32 mm
- weight: 0.71kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Book VI. Government in England without the Parliament. Troubles in Scotland:
1. Peace with France and Spain
2. Share of England in the events of the Thirty Years' War, 1630–1636
3. Monarchical tendencies of the home government
4. Conflicting tendencies of the age, and within the kingdom of Great Britain
5. Origin and outbreak of ecclesiastical disturbances in Scotland
6. The Scottish Covenant
7. Attempts at an accommodation
Book VII. Connexion between the Troubles in Scotland and those in England and Elsewhere:
1. Campaign of Charles I against Scotland
2. Relations of the English court with the court and polity of France
3. Relations of England with the army of Bernard of Weimar and with the Spanish fleet under Oquendo
4. Renewed disturbances in Scotland
5. Strafford and the Short Parliament
6. The Scots in England
Book VIII. The Long Parliament and the King, down to the Outbreak of the Civil War: Introduction
1. Summoning of the parliament
2. The first sittings of the Long Parliament
3. Progress of aggressive tendencies in the Lower House. Debates on Episcopacy
4. Attempt at a reaction
5. Parliamentary and popular agitation. Execution of Strafford
6. Concessions and new demands
7. Charles I in Scotland. The Irish rebellion
8. Days of the Grand Remonstrance
9. Formation of a new ministry. Tumultuous agitation in the capital
10. Breach between the king and the parliament
Book IX. The English Civil War, 1642–1646: Introduction
1. Origin of the Civil War
2. The campaigns of 1642 and 1643
3. Fresh interference of the Scots. Campaign of 1644
4. Preponderance of the Scots
5. The campaign of 1645
Book X. Independents and Presbyterians. Fate of the King: Introduction
1. Flight of the King to the Scots
2. Charles I at Newcastle
3. The parliament and army at variance
4. Influence of the agitators
5. The so-called second civil war
6. Fall of the king.
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