Philip Skippon was the third-most senior general in parliament’s New Model Army during the British Civil Wars. A veteran of European Protestant armies during the period of the Thirty Years’ War and long-serving commander of the London Trained Bands, no other high-ranking parliamentarian enjoyed such a long military career as Skippon. He was an author of religious books, an MP and a senior political figure in the republican and Cromwellian regimes. This is the first book to examine Skippon’s career, which is used to shed new light on historical debates surrounding the Civil Wars and understand how military events of this period impacted upon broader political, social and cultural themes.
By:
Ismini Pells (University of Leicester UK)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Weight: 560g
ISBN: 9780367460105
ISBN 10: 0367460106
Series: Warfare, Society and Culture
Pages: 292
Publication Date: 11 March 2020
Audience:
College/higher education
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Primary
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A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
"Introduction 1. The English Gentry, Self-Fashioning and the Pursuit of Military Service 2. Military Culture and Professionalism in the English Regiments in Foreign Service 3. Civic Militarism, Religious Idealism and Politics in the City of London 4. The Art Militaire of the Civil Wars in Its European Context 5. The Experience of Warfare and Martial Culture Amongst Ordinary Soldiers During the Civil Wars 6. Military Victory and Alliances Under Strain 7. Reconciliation, Reform and the Rump Parliament 8. Military and Civilian Government from the Cromwellian Protectorate to the Restoration. Conclusion: The ""Christian Centurion"" Reassessed"
Ismini Pells obtained her PhD from the University of Cambridge. Following this, she was a research associate at the University of Exeter, researching Civil War medical practitioners. She is currently a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Leicester, working on a project researching military welfare during the Civil Wars.
Reviews for Philip Skippon and the British Civil Wars: "The ""Christian Centurion"""
“What a joy to read a book that vividly brings the civil wars to life, and which does so with such scholarly authority and balanced judgement. Ismini Pells has produced an exemplary study here of Philip Skippon, a prominent, senior general in the New Model Army. Yet this book does much more than simply rescue Skippon from the historical shadow of Cromwell or Fairfax or provide the attention that his remarkable military and political career and central role in the civil wars ‘deserves’; Pells provides a lesson in how to write serious historical biography.” Alan James, King’s College London for the International Journal of Military History and Historiography
