Edmund Dell (editor) - The Good Old Cause: English Revolution of 1640-1660

THE GOOD OLD CAUSE

THE GOOD OLD CAUSE

THE ENGLISH REVOLUTION

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Its Causes, Course and Consequences

Extracts from contemporary sources

edited by

Christopher Hill and Edmund Dell

SECOND EDITION

Revised and with a new Introduction by

CHRISTOPHER HILL

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FRANK CASS AND COMPANY LIMITED1971

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Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, and informa business Originally published as Volume One of the
History in the Making Series Copyright Christopher Hill and Edmund Dell,
1949, 1968

First edition 1949
Second edition 1969

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PART ONE
SOCIAL CLASSES BEFORE 1640

PART TWO
ECONOMIC LIFE BEFORE 1640

PART THREE
THE STATE MACHINE BEFORE 1640

PART FOUR
CHURCH AND STATE BEFORE 1640

PART FIVE
THE INTERNATIONAL SITUATION

PART SIX
THE STORM BREAKS

PART SEVEN
THE CIVIL WAR

PART EIGHT
THE SECTS AND DEMOCRACY

PART NINE
THE LEVELLERS

PART TEN
ARMY DEMOCRACY

PART ELEVEN
THE END OF THE OLD ORDER

PART TWELVE
THE DIGGERS

PART THIRTEEN
THE DEFEAT OF THE LEVELLERS

PART FOURTEEN
ECONOMIC PROBLEMS OF THE REVOLUTION

PART FIFTEEN
GROWING CONSERVATISM

PART SIXTEEN
THE RESTORATION AND AFTER

Abbreviations

Abbotted. W. G. Abbott: Writings and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell, 4 vols. (1937-47).

B. B. and T.ed. A. E. Bland, P. A. Brown and R. H. Tawney: English Economic History, Select Documents (4th impression, 1920).

Burtoned. J. T. Rutt: Parliamentary Diary of Thomas Burton, 4 vols. (1828).

C.S.P.D.Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series.

C.S.P. Ven.Calendar of State Papers, Venetian.

DugdaleSir W. Dugdale, A Short View of the Late Troubles in England (1681).

Gardinered. S. R. Gardiner: Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625-60 (3rd edition, 1906).

H. and D.ed. W. Haller and G. Davies: The Leveller Tracts, 1647-53 (1944).

Hamiltoned. L. D. Hamilton: Selected Writings of Gerrard Winstanley (1944).

J. and W.James and Weinstock: England during the Interregnum (1935).

J.C.D.ed. J. R. Tanner: Constitutional Documents of the Reign of James I (1930).

Ludlowed. G. H. Firth: Memoirs of Edmund Ludlow, 2 vols. (1894).

MayT. May: History of the Parliament (1647).

Newcastleed. G. H. Firth: Life of the Duke of Newcastle, by the Duchess (2nd edition, n.d.).

Oglandered. F. Bamford: A Royalists Notebook (1936).

Pepysed. H. B. Wheatley: Diary of Samuel Pepys, 9 vols. (1904).

Protheroed. G. W. Prothero: Statutes and Constitutional Documents, 1558-1625, (4th edition, 1913).

Rushworthed. J. Rushworth: Historical Collections, 8 vols. (1st edition. 1659-1701).

T. and P.ed. R. H. Tawney and E. Power: Tudor Economic Documents, 3 vols. (1924).

T.C.D.ed. J. R. Tanner: Tudor Constitutional Documents (2nd edition, 1930).

WalkerClement Walker: History of Independency (1648).

War bur tonE. Warburton: Memoirs of Prince Rupert and the Cavaliers, 3 vols. (1849).

Williamsed. R. F. Williams: The Court and Times of Charles I, 2 vols. (1848).

Wilsoned. F. J. Fisher: Sir Thomas Wilsons State of England (1600), Camden Miscellany, Vol. XVI (1936).

Wolfeed. D. Wolfe: Leveller Manifestoes of the Puritan Revolution (1944).

Some Important Dates