{"product_id":"the-rump-parliament-1648-53-paperback-9780521292139","title":"The Rump Parliament 1648–53 (Paperback) 9780521292139","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Rump Parliament 1648–53\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBlair Worden (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521292139, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 5 May 1977\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e440 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.6 cm, 0.576 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Me Worden's excellent book analyses in great detail and with loving care the processes by which England, for the first time in history, was governed by a Parliament - and governed bery successfully.' Christopher Hill, New Statesman\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe Rump Parliament was brought to power in 1648 by Pride's Purge and forcibly dissolved by Oliver Cromwell in 1653. This book is a detailed account of the intervening years. Dr Worden concentrates particularly on the Rump's policies in the contentious fields of legal, religious and electoral reform; its attempts to live down its revolutionary origins, to disown its more radical supporters, to conciliate those Puritans alienated by the purge and the King's death, and to re-create the Roundhead party of the 1640s. He examines the Rump's struggles for survival in the face of the Royalist threat between 1649 and 1651, and its fatal quarrel with the Cromwellian army thereafter. A concluding chapter deals with the Rump's forcible dissolution. This novel and challenging interpretation of the most dramatic phase of the English Revolution will interest all specialists in seventeenth-century political and constitutional history.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Author's note\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Rump and the Rumpers: 1. Membership, attendance and allegiance\u003cbr\u003e 2. The limits of revolution\u003cbr\u003e 3. Moderation and conformity\u003cbr\u003e 4. Soldiers and clergymen\u003cbr\u003e 5. Commitment and corruption\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Rump and Reform: 6. Law reform\u003cbr\u003e 7. Puritans and politicians\u003cbr\u003e 8. Electoral reform\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Struggle for Survival, February 1649–September 1651: 9. Problems and policies, February 1649\u003cbr\u003e 10. The pursuit of respectability, February–August 1649\u003cbr\u003e 11. The nadir, September 1649–September 1650\u003cbr\u003e 12. Dunbar to Worcester: the coalition under strain, September 1650–September 1651\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Parliament versus The Army, September 1651–April 1653: 13. Reform and reaction, September 1651–May 1652\u003cbr\u003e 14. Conflict and confrontation, May–December 1652\u003cbr\u003e 15. Dissolution and disarray, January–April 1653\u003cbr\u003e Part V. The Dissolution of the Rump: 16. The army apologias\u003cbr\u003e 17. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Appendices\u003cbr\u003e Bibliographical guide\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Early%20modern%20history:%20c%201450\/1500%20to%20c%201700%20%5BHBLH%5D%22\"\u003eHBLH\u003c\/a\u003e], British \u0026amp; Irish history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on British \u0026amp; Irish history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22British%20\u0026amp;%20Irish%20history%20%5BHBJD1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45909031158040,"sku":"9780521292139","price":42.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521292139i_628213b1-0c36-40aa-92c9-e979c7f4ca20.jpg?v=1691374677","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-rump-parliament-1648-53-paperback-9780521292139","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}