Black Tom

Sir Thomas Fairfax and the English Revolution

By: Andrew Hopper, Peter Lake (Editor), Anthony Milton (Editor), Jason Peacey (Editor), Alexandra Gajda (Editor)

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Paperback | 30 April 2007

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Sir Thomas Fairfax, not Oliver Cromwell, was creator and commander of Parliament's New Model Army from 1645 to1650. Although Fairfax emerged as England's most successful commander of the 1640s, this book challenges the orthodoxy that he was purely a military figure, showing how he was not apolitical or disinterested in politics. The book combines narrative and thematic approaches to explore the wider issues of popular allegiance, puritan religion, concepts of honour, image, reputation, memory, gender, literature, and Fairfax's relationship with Cromwell.

'Black Tom' delivers a groundbreaking examination of the transformative experience of the English revolution from the viewpoint of one of its leading, yet most neglected, participants. It is the first modern academic study of Fairfax, making it essential reading for university students as well as historians of the seventeenth century. Its accessible style will appeal to a wider audience of those interested in the civil wars and interregnum more generally. -- .

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"This is an important, well written and convincingly argued book, covering the career of a major, and neglected, figure from the period."--Patrick Little, History of Parliament Trust

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List of figures, maps and tables
Preface and acknowledgement
Abbreviations
Introduction

The Yorkshire Fairfaxes and the outbreak of wa
'The rude malice of the people': Fairfax and popular parliamentarianism
'The brutish general' and the year of victories
Parliament, the army and the second civil war
Fairfax and the King killers
Republic and Restoration

The Fairfaxes and the causes of the civil war
Religion and honour
'The rider of the white horse': image and reputation
Gender and literature
Fairfax and Cromwell
Conclusion: The Short Memorials and the battle for the memory of Black Tom
Bibliography
Index
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Sir Thomas Fairfax and the English Revolution

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