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...

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...

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...

"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,...

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.

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.

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."

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.

Argument that economic greed was the cause of the English Civil War.

Short essay showing the reasons for the break out of civil war in England.