The British Republic 1649 1660

This work analyzes the diplomatic, military, political, religious and intellectual developments of the period, trying to determine the real significance of the Interegnum. The author also presents a study of Cromwell, and how contemporary research has brought more light to his life.

An exploration of Cromwell's government and the political experimentation of the 1650s. Concise and accessible, it does full justice to a decade of momentous upheavals which had a permanent effect on British politics.

Drama of the English Republic is the first modern collection of plays and entertainments which were originally published and performed when England was nominally a republic or commonwealth. The five texts, three of which have been edited here for the first time, illustrate how the dramatists devised new aesthetics in response to the ideological concerns of the Republic.

The author's aim in this work is to provide students and the general public with the very latest picture of an important episode in history, in an accessible form.