The Causes of the English Civil War

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*The Causes of the English Civil War* is a major historical study by Conrad Russell that offers a revisionist analysis of the political, religious, and constitutional tensions that led to the outbreak of the English Civil War in the mid-17th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
historical study ⓘ
academicDiscipline early modern British history ⓘ
historiography of the English Civil War ⓘ
arguesAgainst simple long-term inevitability explanations of the English Civil War ⓘ
traditional Whig interpretations of the English Civil War ⓘ
author Conrad Russell ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
emphasizes interaction of religion and politics in early Stuart England ⓘ
role of multiple kingdoms in causing conflict ⓘ
short-term political crises before 1642 ⓘ
fieldOfStudy constitutional development in early modern England ⓘ
political history of Britain ⓘ
religious conflicts in 17th-century Britain ⓘ
focusesOn constitutional tensions in early Stuart England ⓘ
political tensions in early Stuart England ⓘ
religious tensions in early Stuart England ⓘ
genre constitutional history ⓘ
history ⓘ
political history ⓘ
religious history ⓘ
hasForm monograph ⓘ
historicalContext Personal Rule of Charles I ⓘ
Stuart monarchy ⓘ
linked to: House of Stuart

conflicts between Crown and Parliament ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject English Civil War ⓘ
causes of the English Civil War ⓘ
notableFor revisionist interpretation of the origins of the English Civil War ⓘ
perspective revisionist ⓘ
relatedEvent Bishops' Wars ⓘ
English Civil War ⓘ
Long Parliament ⓘ
Short Parliament ⓘ
setting England ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Island of Ireland

Scotland ⓘ
targetAudience historians ⓘ
students of early modern British history ⓘ
timePeriodCovered early 17th century ⓘ
reign of Charles I of England ⓘ

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Conrad Russell, 5th Earl Russell → notableWork → The Causes of the English Civil War ⓘ
Conrad Sebastian Robert Russell → notableWork → The Causes of the English Civil War ⓘ
The Causes of the English Civil War → mainSubject → causes of the English Civil War ⓘ
linked to: The Causes of the English Civil War
Unrevolutionary England, 1603–1642 → relatedWorkByAuthor → The Causes of the English Civil War ⓘ
Conrad Russell → notableWork → The Causes of the English Civil War ⓘ