Cromwell's Navy
The Fleet and the English Revolution, 1648-1660
Bernard Capp
Price: £26.00 (paper)
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-820393-3
Publication date: 8 October 1992
432 pages, 216x138 mm
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| - 'an excellent narrative of the major operation of the English fleet ... Dr Capp's social study of the seamen is even more valuable ... a splendid book ... there is no doubt that this is an important addition to seventeenth-century history.' - Times Higher Education Supplement
- 'Bernard Capp brings to the subject his wide knowledge of the political, social and religious history of the Interregnum ... The whole is based on the most meticulous scholarship in a very wide range of printed and manuscript sources.' - Times Literary Supplement
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| Description | This is the first study of the navy during the English Revolution. It argues that the commonwealth navy did not, as is often assumed, stand back from domestic political controversies, but was deeply influenced by the revolutionary circumstances of its origins.
The new regime saw a large and politically reliable fleet as essential to its survival, and the years after 1649 witnessed a rapid
build-up and a drastic remodelling of the officer corps, with political and religious radicalism becoming major criteria in the selection of officers. The book charts the navy's central role in the struggle to win foreign recognition for the new regime, and in the wars which followed: the period saw England's first major war at sea, against the Dutch. The navy's response to political change at
home, and its intervention in the Restoration crisis of 1659-60 are also examined. The social history of the navy is also considered in detail.
This book provides a richly detailed insight into a neglected subject, and enhances our understanding of the Cromwellian period as a whole. |
| Contents |
1.
Introduction
Part 1: The revolt of 1648
2.
The Navy New-Modelled
3.
Gunboat Diplomacy and War, 1652-1660
4.
Politics and the Navy, 1649-1658
Part 2: Naval Officers: A Social Profile
5.
The Floating Commonwealth
6.
Manning the Fleet
7.
Saints Afloat? Religion in the Fleet
Part 3: The Navy and the Restoration
8.
The Legacy of the Commonwealth
9.
Conclusion
Sources
Notes
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| Authors, editors,
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Bernard Capp, Reader in History, University of Warwick
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