England Without a King 1649-60 [Paperback]

Professor Woolrych surveys the establishment and history if the Commonwealth and Protectorate, first explaining how the country lost its king, and how Oliver Cromwell became Lord Protector. Professor Woolrych challenges accepted views on the nature of the Protectorate, and finally offers some guidelines to the tangled period between Cromwell's death and the Restoration.The focus of this book is the period in which the country lost its king and how Oliver Cromwell became Lord Protector. This is used to examine the Commonwealth and the Protectorate where Professor Woolrych challenges accepted views on these areas.Chapter 1 Stages on the road to a scaffold; Chapter 2 Englands new masters; Chapter 3 The defeat of radical hopes; Chapter 4 The army against the Rump; Chapter 5 Barebones Parliament; Chapter 6 The Protectorate established; Chapter 7 Cromwell and the nation; Chapter 8 A new constitution; Chapter 9 Richard Cromwells Protectorate; Chapter 10 The restored Commonwealth and its collapse;US? 1983 Austin Woolrych