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 History Review
How Humane was the English Civil War?
03/01/2001: 3,663 words, approx. 12 pages Richard Wilkinson takes issue with the consensus view by pointing to atrocities in the civil war. 'This war was eminently humane', alleged G.M. Trevelyan in his England under the Stuarts. Trevelyan was a propagandist. He wrote from the heart as well as...
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 History Today
The English Context Of The British Civil Wars.
11/01/1998: 3,868 words, approx. 13 pages British history in the middle of the 17th century is marked by civil wars involving England, Ireland and Scotland. An account of these conflicts are presented, including the era of the Stuarts. John Adamson argues that the importance of the Celtic fringe in...
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 Investor's Business Daily
William Harvey's Hearty Study
6/19/2007: 1,198 words, approx. 4 pages When it came to discovering how things worked, William Harvey cut right to the heart of the matter.Literally.He could often be found in his operating room, deftly cutting apart a deer, a chicken, a cow and even a cadaver to examine their various organs and...
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 The New York Observer
Rieff Encounter
5/1/2005: 3,005 words, approx. 10 pages "I think I'm American in all sorts of essential ways," said the 52-year-old war journalist David Rieff the other day, "but I never understood this American wish to look on the bright side. I just don't get it."Dubbed "Mr. Pessimism" by Time magazine in 2002,...




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Critical Essay by William Lamont
9,256 words, approx. 31 pages
 In the following essay, Lamont explores several phases of the English Revolution in order to pinpoint the religious conflicts that fueled it. Lamont argues that liberty was "an unintended consequence of the activities of revolutionary Puritans," but that it was neither their cause, nor their inspiration.
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Critical Essay by D. H. Pennington
8,438 words, approx. 28 pages
 In the following essay, Pennington examines the political issues surrounding the English Revolution, arguing that by the time King Charles I acknowledged the revolutionaries in 1642, a revolution had already taken place within the government: Parliament had already become the ruler of the country.
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Godfrey Davies
8,435 words, approx. 28 pages
 In the following essay, Davies examines the role played by English political sermons in forming public opinion about the country's government, and studies the "highly significant attempt by the crown to control pulpit utterances."
Featured Essays
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English Civil War
1,139 words, approx. 4 pages
 Explores the history and causes of the English civil war. Criticizes the decision of Charles I to rule without Parliament. Describes William and Mary's institution of a constitutional monarchy.
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