Civil War London

Mobilizing for Parliament, 1641–5

Jordan S. Downs

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Manchester University Press
26 September 2023

Series: Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain

This book looks at London’s provision of financial and military support for parliament’s war against King Charles I.

It explores for the first time a series of episodic, circumstantial and unique mobilisations that spanned from late 1641 to early 1645 and which ultimately led to the establishment of the New Model Army. Based on research from two-dozen archives, Civil war London charts the successes and failures of efforts to move London’s vast resources and in the process poses a number of challenges to longstanding notions about the capital’s ‘parliamentarian’ makeup. It reveals interactions between London’s Corporation, parochial communities and livery companies, between preachers and parishioners and between agitators, propagandists and common people. Within these tangled webs of political engagement reside the untold stories of the movement of money and men, but also of parliament’s eventual success in the English Civil War.

By: Jordan S. Downs
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 485g
ISBN: 9781526174444
ISBN 10: 1526174448
Series: Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain
Pages: 344
Publication Date: 26 September 2023
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction 1 London, Ireland and the Protestant cause 2 Mobilising the metropolis 3 A third house of parliament 4 London’s levée en masse 5 A 'rebellious city'? Index -- .

Jordan S. Downs is Lecturer in History at University of California, Riverside -- .

Reviews for Civil War London: Mobilizing for Parliament, 1641–5

'Civil War London is a commendable and meticulously researched study, and one which should be read by all who are interested in the civil wars, civic history, popular politics, print culture, religion, and social and economic history. Hopefully it will also usher in a new age which restores and extends local (or in this case municipal) history in exciting and innovative directions.' CERCLES -- .