The Royalist war effort in Wales and the West Midlands, 1642-1646
The essential object of the thesis is to examine the demands made upon differing royalist leaders during the Great Civil War, and the responses of those communities to them. By doing so, it is intended to provide answers to one of the great unanswered problems of the war, the question of whether the royalists lost because they were defeated in the field or because they forfeited the sympathy of the local people upon whose support they depended. The region chosen for study comprises twenty counties within Wales, the Marches and the West Midlands, the area in which the king first gathered an army and in which his supporters staged their last stand. The first section traces the delivery and impact of the royalist Commissions Of Array, the raising of the royal field army and the slow organisation of local communities for a prolonged war in the winter that followed. The second describes the completion of this process with the appointment of peers as regional generals. The third section is devoted to describing the machinery of royalist wartime government and the problems it faced. The fourth recounts how the noble generals came to be replaced by nore experienced soldiers, led by Prince Rupert. The fifth examines
Hutton, Ronald
History ; Royalists ; Great Britain ; 17th century ; Civil War, 1642-1649
The Royalist war effort in Wales and the West Midlands, 1642-1646. The essential object of the thesis is to examine the demands made upon differing royalist leaders during the Great Civil War, and the responses of those communities to them. By doing so, it is intended to provide answers to one of the great unanswered problems of the war, the question of whether the royalists lost because they were defeated in the field or because they forfeited the sympathy of the local people upon whose support they depended. The region chosen for study comprises twenty counties within Wales, the Marches and the West Midlands, the area in which the king first gathered an army and in which his supporters staged their last stand. The first section traces the delivery and impact of the royalist Commissions Of Array, the raising of the royal field army and the slow organisation of local communities for a prolonged war in the winter that followed. The second describes the completion of this process with the appointment of peers as regional generals. The third section is devoted to describing the machinery of royalist wartime government and the problems it faced. The fourth recounts how the noble generals came to be replaced by nore experienced soldiers, led by Prince Rupert. The fifth examines
royalist war_effort wales west_midlands essential object examine demand_make upon differ royalist leader great civil_war responses community them intend_provide answer great unanswered problem war question_whether royalist lose field sympathy local_people upon whose support depend region choose study comprises twenty county within wales marches west_midlands area king first gather army supporter stag last stand first_section trace delivery impact royalist array raise royal field army slow organisation local_community prolong war winter follow second_describes completion process appointment peer regional general third_section devote describe machinery royalist wartime government problem_face fourth recount noble general come replace experienced soldier lead prince fifth examines