Cambridgeshire society during the first and second Civil Wars c.1638-c.1649 : some aspects of patterns of allegiance
The subject under examination is the effect of Cambridgeshire's experience of war firstl. on local allegiances, and secondly, on allegiance studies. This thesis argues for the necessity of a new analytical model in three stages. Part I For too long historians have discussed Civil War allegiances, while side-stepping the most ntractable problem the endeavour presents; the differentiation of external action (acti\ ism) from inward conviction (allegiance). The Introduction discusses the implications of this undifferentiated approach, introduces a new analytical model, and exam! nes two common denominators in the interaction between Cambridgeshire peoples expression of allegiances and the circumstances of place and time. Chapter One portrays Cambridgeshire's pre-Civil War topography, and the potential mental lands. apes of its inhabitants. Chapter Two relays the county's political narrative, from 1638-1646, as it is characterized in existing histories. These chapters create the axes through which the themes subsequently analysed are measured. Part II The fi rst Civil War in Cambridgeshire is analysed from different perspectives, identi lying factors that might effect existing ideas on Civil War allegiances. Chapter
Sadler, Susan Lyn
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Cambridgeshire society during the first and second Civil Wars c.1638-c.1649 : some aspects of patterns of allegiance. The subject under examination is the effect of Cambridgeshire's experience of war firstl. on local allegiances, and secondly, on allegiance studies. This thesis argues for the necessity of a new analytical model in three stages. Part I For too long historians have discussed Civil War allegiances, while side-stepping the most ntractable problem the endeavour presents; the differentiation of external action (acti\ ism) from inward conviction (allegiance). The Introduction discusses the implications of this undifferentiated approach, introduces a new analytical model, and exam! nes two common denominators in the interaction between Cambridgeshire peoples expression of allegiances and the circumstances of place and time. Chapter One portrays Cambridgeshire's pre-Civil War topography, and the potential mental lands. apes of its inhabitants. Chapter Two relays the county's political narrative, from 1638-1646, as it is characterized in existing histories. These chapters create the axes through which the themes subsequently analysed are measured. Part II The fi rst Civil War in Cambridgeshire is analysed from different perspectives, identi lying factors that might effect existing ideas on Civil War allegiances. Chapter
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