The Monmouth Rebellion

Author : W. MacDonald Wigfield
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Monmouth Rebellion written by W. MacDonald Wigfield and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Monmouth Rebellion, also known as The Revolt of the West or The West Country rebellion, was an attempt to overthrow James II, who had become King of England, Scotland and Ireland upon the death of his elder brother Charles II on 6 February 1685. James II was a Roman Catholic, and some Protestants under his rule opposed his kingship. James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, an illegitimate son of Charles II, claimed to be rightful heir to the throne and attempted to displace James II."--Wikipedia.

Author : Peter Earle
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Monmouth's Rebels written by Peter Earle and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 1977 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Monmouth Rebellion, also known as The Revolt of the West or The West Country rebellion, was an attempt to overthrow James II, who had become King of England, Scotland and Ireland upon the death of his elder brother Charles II on 6 February 1685. James II was a Roman Catholic, and some Protestants under his rule opposed his kingship. James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, an illegitimate son of Charles II, claimed to be rightful heir to the throne and attempted to displace James II."--Wikipedia.

Author : Laura Brennan
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473894360
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Duke of Monmouth written by Laura Brennan and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2018-05-30 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He was the illegitimate son of a king, a gallant and brave military hero, charming, handsome and well loved both within the court and with women; James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, had the life many would have envied in the seventeenth century.Monmouth lived in an age that was on the cusp of modernity. He lived through some of the biggest events and scandals of seventeenth century British history, including: the Restoration of his father, King Charles II; The Great Fire of London in 1666 and the last great plague to sweep through London killing thousands.James also experienced the political scandal of the Popish Plot; became embroiled in the foiled Rye House Plot, and was at the centre of the Exclusion Crisis, which was a major catalyst for the modern creation of our party political system.But what would turn the beloved darling of the Restoration court into a leading rebel?

Author : Christopher L. Scott
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317024605
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Maligned Militia written by Christopher L. Scott and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-09 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite its failure to unseat King James II, the Monmouth Rebellion had a profound influence upon English politics. In particular, it reignited the debate about whether the country should rely on a professional army under direct royal control or local country militias made up of part-time soldiers. King James favoured the former, and used criticism of the militia’s performance during the rebellion to support his argument. Contemporary commentators and historians alike all certainly seemed to agree that the king’s victory was won in spite of - not because of - the militia. But is this a fair judgement? Drawing upon a wealth of information gathered from personal accounts, private papers, letters, financial records, diaries and memoirs, this book revisits the events of 1685 to assess the militia’s performance in helping to defeat the so-called ’pitchfork rebellion’. Through an extensive investigation into the militia itself, its social composition, role, training, armament and leadership the study sets a benchmark for what could have been realistically expected of these part-time soldiers, and then sets this against the actual tasks that were asked of it in 1685. The results that emerge from this exercise paint a very different picture of the militia’s role in the rebellion than has hitherto been accepted by historians. Judged by these criteria, a convincing case is made that the militia was in fact an efficient military organisation according to contemporary expectations and demands made of it. Criticisms of it, it is argued, stem more from political expediency than impartial judgment. As well as being of interest to military and social historians, this book demonstrates the dangers to all historians of taking at face value contemporary comments. It shows how subtle and interlocking forces, that may at first glance appear unrelated, can work together to colour opinions of events and organisations.

Author : W. MacDonald Wigfield
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780239002419
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Monmouth Rebellion written by W. MacDonald Wigfield and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert William Dunning
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Monmouth Rebellion written by Robert William Dunning and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Anna Keay
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 140884608X
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Last Royal Rebel written by Anna Keay and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-05-19 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A superb biography, which paints a vivid picture of the times and of her subject' Daily Telegraph 'Fascinating, compelling, outrageous and ultimately tragic' Simon Sebag Montefiore 'It is the best royal biography I have read in years' A.N. Wilson From the Duff Cooper Prize-winning author of The Restless Republic, a remarkable biography of one of the most intriguing figures of the Restoration era. James, Duke of Monmouth, the favoured illegitimate son of Charles II, was born in exile the year his grandfather Charles I was executed and the English monarchy abolished. Abducted from his mother on his father's orders, he emerged from a childhood in the backstreets of Rotterdam to command the ballrooms of Paris, the brothels of Covent Garden and the battlefields of Flanders. Such was his appeal that when the monarchy itself came under threat, the cry was for Monmouth to succeed Charles II as king. He inspired both delight and disgust, adulation and abhorrence and, in time, love and loyalty. Louis XIV was his mentor, Nell Gwyn his protector, D'Artagnan his lieutenant, William of Orange his confidant, John Dryden his censor and John Locke his comrade. In The Last Royal Rebel, Anna Keay matches rigorous scholarship with a storyteller's gift to enrapturing effect. She paints a vivid portrait of the warm, courageous and handsome Duke of Monmouth, a man who by his own admission 'lived a very dissolute and irregular life', but who was ultimately prepared to risk everything for honour and justice. His story, culminating in his fateful invasion, provides a sweeping chronicle of the turbulent decades in which England as we know it was forged.

Author : Stephen M. Carter
Publisher : Century of the Soldier
ISBN 13 : 9781913118884
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fighting for Liberty written by Stephen M. Carter and published by Century of the Soldier. This book was released on 2020-06-19 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a fresh and vibrant account of the military campaign of Argyll and Monmouth that concludes at Sedgemoor in July 1685.

Author : Geoff Sawers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781901677492
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Monmouth Rebellion and the Bloody Assizes written by Geoff Sawers and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Publisher : Taunton, Somerset : Somerset Record Society
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Monmouth Rebels, 1685 written by and published by Taunton, Somerset : Somerset Record Society. This book was released on 1985 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: