Cromwell's major-generals

Godly government during the English Revolution

By: Christopher Durston, Peter Lake (Editor), Anthony Milton (Editor), Jason Peacey (Editor), Alexandra Gajda (Editor)

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Paperback | 17 May 2001

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This is a study of the rule of Cromwell's major-generals over England and Wales during the 1655 and 1656, a period which had a dramatic impact upon contemporaries and has remained a powerful symbol of military rule down to the 21st century. Christopher Durston begins by considering the motivations behind the decision to appoint the major-generals and goes on to examine the construction of their administration. He then proceeds to look at the careers and personalities both of the major-generals themselves and the local commissioners who assisted them. The central section of the book contains chapters on the three most important aspects of their work: the collection of the decimation tax; the attempt to improve the security of the regime; and the struggle to build the "Godly Nation". It concludes with an investigation of the 1656 election and the major-generals' subsequent unexpected fall from power.

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..".undoubtedly the definitive work on the subject...an indispensable study of Cromwell's regime..."--Victor Stater, Sixteenth Century Journal

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List of Maps and Tables	p. viii
Acknowledgements	p. ix
List of Abbreviations	p. x
Introduction: background and historiography	p. 1
The system: origins and construction	p. 15
The men: backgrounds, careers and beliefs	p. 38
The helpers: the commissioners for securing the peace of the commonwealth	p. 59
New local government and old local government	p. 73
The decimation tax	p. 97
Securing the peace of the commonwealth	p. 127
The struggle for the godly nation	p. 154
The major-generals and the 1656 election	p. 187
Defeat at Westminster and fall from power	p. 206
Conclusion	p. 228
Postscript: The major-generals' later careers	p. 234
Select Bibliography	p. 240
Index	p. 251
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