Horses, People and Parliament in the English Civil War: Extracting Resources and Constructing Allegiance

by Gavin Robinson

Overview

Horses played a major role in the military, economic, social and cultural history of early-modern England. This book uses the supply of horses to English Civil War armies as a case study to demonstrate the importance not only of resources, but the ways in which these resources could be efficiently extracted from an often reluctant population. In so doing, the book sheds further light on the quixotic nature of allegiance during a time of civil war.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781409456186
Publisher:	Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Publication date:	08/01/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction; The propositions; The other side; Seizure; Quotas; Purchase; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Editorial Reviews

'The scholarly climate and divided expectations of our times have made this book a hybrid of parish and archival investigations, as well as a series of interesting "framing" debates on the historiographic preoccupations with identity, gender, power, and animal studies. ... Gavin Robinson advances our understanding farther and suggests new vectors of inquiry.' Sixteenth Century Journal '... provides many fresh insights into the Civil War, and how parliament, after almost losing several times, won in the end.' English Historical Review

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