Constitutional Royalism and the Search for Settlement, C.1640 1649

By: David L. Smith

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Hardcover | 7 November 1994

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'Constitutional royalism' is one of the most familiar yet least often examined of all the political labels found in the historiography of the English Revolution. This book fills a gap by investigating the leading Constitutional royalists who rallied to King Charles I in 1642 while consistently urging him to reach an 'accommodation' with Parliament. These royalists' early careers reveal that a commitment to the rule of law and a relative lack of 'godly' zeal were the characteristic predictors of Constitutional royalism in the Civil War. Such attitudes explain why many of them criticised the policies of the King's personal rule, but also why they joined the King in 1642 and tried to achieve a negotiated settlement thereafter. The final part of the book traces the Constitutional royalists through the Interregnum - during which they consciously withdrew from public life - to the Restoration, when many of them returned to prominence and saw their ideas vindicated.

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Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
A note on quotations, sources, dates and terminology
The Origins of Constitutional Royalism
Introduction: themes, debates, sources
Context: the early Stuarts and the early Stuart constitution
Early careers of the main exponents
Formation and convergence, 1640-1642
Constitutional Royalism in Theory and Practice, 1642-1649
Chronological outline: negotiations formal and informal
Issues and sticking-points
The theory of Constitutional Royalism
Constitutional Royalism in Perspective
Epilogue: Constitutional Royalism from Regicide to Restoration
Legacy: an ideology vindicated?
Conclusion: assessment and evaluation
Bibliography
Index
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