George Goring 1608 1657

Author : Florene S. Memegalos
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317128564

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George Goring (1608–1657) by Florene S. Memegalos Pdf

George Goring was in many ways the archetypal cavalier, often portrayed as possessing all the worst characteristics associated with the followers of King Charles I. He drank copiously, dressed and entertained lavishly, gambled excessively, abandoned his wife frequently, and was quick to resort to swordplay when he felt his honour was at stake. Yet, he was also an active Member of Parliament and a respected soldier, who learnt his trade on the Continent during the Dutch Wars, and put his expertise to good use in support of the royalist cause during the English Civil War.

Author : Florene S. Memegalos
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 131558459X

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George Goring (1608-1657) by Florene S. Memegalos Pdf

Author : Dr Florene S Memegalos
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781409479826

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George Goring (1608–1657) by Dr Florene S Memegalos Pdf

George Goring was in many ways the archetypal cavalier, often portrayed as possessing all the worst characteristics associated with the followers of King Charles I. He drank copiously, dressed and entertained lavishly, gambled excessively, abandoned his wife frequently, and was quick to resort to swordplay when he felt his honour was at stake. Yet, he was also an active Member of Parliament and a respected soldier, who learnt his trade on the Continent during the Dutch Wars, and put his expertise to good use in support of the royalist cause during the English Civil War. In this, the first modern biography of Goring, the main events of his life are interwoven with the wider history of his age. Beginning with his family background in Sussex, it charts his successes at court and exploits in the service of the Dutch, culminating in his experiences at the siege of Breda in 1637, and his role in the Bishops' Wars. However, it is his key role as a royalist general during the Civil War that is the major focus of this book, which concludes with Goring's years of exile during the Republic. This fascinating and illuminating account of Goring's life, character and actions, provides not only a fresh examination of this contentious figure, but also reveals much about English society and culture in the first half of the seventeenth century.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : UCAL:B2985173

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Dictionary of National Biography by Anonim Pdf

Author : Andrew Hopper
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191639340

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Turncoats and Renegadoes by Andrew Hopper Pdf

Turncoats and Renegadoes is the first dedicated study of the practice of changing sides during the English Civil Wars. It examines the extent and significance of side-changing in England and Wales but also includes comparative material from Scotland and Ireland. The first half identifies side-changers among peers, MPs, army officers, and common soldiers, before reconstructing the chronological and regional patterns to their defections. The second half delivers a cultural history of treachery, by adopting a thematic approach to explore the social and cultural implications of defections, and demonstrating how notions of what constituted a turncoat were culturally constructed. Side-changing came to dominate strategy on both sides at the highest levels. Both sides reviled, yet sought to take advantage of the practice, whilst allegations of treachery came to dominate the internal politics of royalists and parliamentarians alike. The language applied to 'turncoats and renegadoes' in contemporary print is discussed and contrasted with the self-justifications of the side-changers themselves as they sought to shape an honourable self-image for their families and posterity. Andrew Hopper investigates the implementation of military justice, along with the theatre of retribution surrounding the trial and execution of turncoats. He concludes by arguing that, far from side-changing being the dubious practice of a handful of aberrant individuals, it became a necessary survival strategy for thousands as they navigated their way through such rapidly changing events. He reveals how side-changing shaped the course of the English Revolution, even contributing to the regicide itself, and remained an important political legacy to the English speaking peoples thereafter.

Author : Kirsten Sword
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226757513

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Wives Not Slaves by Kirsten Sword Pdf

Wives not Slaves begins with the story of John and Eunice Davis, a colonial American couple who, in 1762, advertised their marital difficulties in the New Hampshire Gazette—a more common practice for the time and place than contemporary readers might think. John Davis began the exchange after Eunice left him, with a notice resembling the ads about runaway slaves and servants that were a common feature of eighteenth-century newspapers. John warned neighbors against “entertaining her or harbouring her. . . or giving her credit.” Eunice defiantly replied, “If I am your wife, I am not your slave.” With this pointed but problematic analogy, Eunice connected her individual challenge to her husband’s authority with the broader critiques of patriarchal power found in the politics, religion, and literature of the British Atlantic world. Kirsten Sword’s richly researched history reconstructs the stories of wives who fled their husbands between the mid-seventeenth and early nineteenth centuries, comparing their plight with that of other runaway dependents. Wives not Slaves explores the links between local justice, the emerging press, and transatlantic political debates about marriage, slavery and imperial power. Sword traces the relationship between the distress of ordinary households, domestic unrest, and political unrest, shedding new light on the social changes imagined by eighteenth-century revolutionaries, and on the politics that determined which patriarchal forms and customs the new American nation would—and would not—abolish.

Author : National Portrait Gallery (London)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Portraits
ISBN : NYPL:33433082151550

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Historical and Descriptive Catalogue of the Pictures, Busts, &c. in the National Portrait Gallery ... by National Portrait Gallery (London) Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 714 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Union catalogs
ISBN : UOM:39015082987929

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The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Dictionary of National Biography: Stow - Taylor by Anonim Pdf

Author : Leslie Stephen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : STANFORD:36105118445431

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Dictionary of National Biography by Leslie Stephen Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1380 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1922
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : UOM:39015030971330

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The Dictionary of National Biography, Founded in 1882 by George Smith by Anonim Pdf

Author : East Sussex Record Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Archives
ISBN : UOM:39015082066484

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The Danny Archives by East Sussex Record Office Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2008-10
Category : United States
ISBN : UOM:39015079672484

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The Journal of Military History by Anonim Pdf

Author : Thomas Randolph
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1929
Category : English poetry
ISBN : IND:30000053310730

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The Poems of Thomas Randolph by Thomas Randolph Pdf

Author : John Reginald Homer Weaver,Sir Leslie Stephen,Sir Sidney Lee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1356 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : UOM:39015054093581

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The Dictionary of National Biography by John Reginald Homer Weaver,Sir Leslie Stephen,Sir Sidney Lee Pdf