[PDF] The Chief Actors In The Puritan Revolution Classic Reprint eBook

Author : Peter Bayne
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Page : 528 pages
File Size : 21,27 MB
Release : 2015-07-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781331987420

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Excerpt from The Chief Actors in the Puritan Revolution This volume was planned as a whole before the publication of any of its parts; and not one of the fragments, which, with the exception of a preliminary sketch on Laud in Fraser appeared in the Contemporary Review, is now republished without important alteration. A considerable proportion of the book is altogether new. My object has been to bring into distinct representation the chief moving forces in the Puritan Revolution. Selecting a certain number of actors in the drama of the period, I have endeavoured to put myself into their position, seeing with their eyes, and, in the exercise of at least dramatic sympathy, feeling as they felt. Should it occur to the reader that the views advanced in one place are not always consistent with those advanced in another, he will do well to ask whether the impression may not be due to the dramatic method which has been deliberately adopted. The judging faculty, however, proper to every writer who discusses historical questions, has not been completely suspended. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Peter Bayne
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 16,80 MB
Release : 2016-05-19
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ISBN : 9781357427245

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Author : HardPress
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 20,60 MB
Release : 2013-01
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ISBN : 9781313460378

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Author : G. Lowes Dickinson
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Page : 142 pages
File Size : 22,62 MB
Release : 2015-07-03
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781330606704

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Excerpt from From King to King: The Tragedy of the Puritan Revolution The pages that follow contain an attempt to state, in a concrete form, certain universal aspects of a particular period of history. The tragedy lies in the conflict of reforming energy with actual men and institutions; and it has been the object of the author to delineate vividly the characters of leading actors in the struggle, their ideals, and the distortion of these as reflected in the current of events. This is the general purpose of the work; to attempt to expand it, in detail, in a preface, would be to imply that the book itself is superfluous; for the dramatic form was deliberately chosen, because that of an essay appeared insufficient. It is hoped that the unity of the whole series of dialogues is secured by the natural development of the subject-matter; this result, it is true, if it has been attained, will only be perceived by readers who have a general acquaintance with the history of the period; but such readers must be numerous, and it is to them, primarily, that the work is intended to appeal. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Samuel Rawson Gardiner
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 48,44 MB
Release : 2017-11-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780260300447

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Excerpt from The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625-1660 Tm: documents in this volume are intended to serve either as a basis for the study of the Constitutional History of an important period, or as a companion to the Political History of the time. By far the greater number of them are printed in books which, though commonly to be found in large libraries, are, on account of their size and expense, not readily accessible to students in general. The ms. Of the Constitutional Bill of the first Protectorate Parliament, in the handwriting of John Browne, Clerk of the Parliaments, is preserved at Stanford Hall in the possession of Lord Braye, with whose kind permission the copy used in this volume has been taken. It is possible that a great part of the document might have been recovered from the entries of clauses and amendments in the Journals of the House of Commons, but, as far as I know, this is the only complete copy in existence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Elizabeth Deering Hanscom
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Page : 306 pages
File Size : 12,66 MB
Release : 2015-07-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781330676905

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Excerpt from The Heart of the Puritan, 1917: Selections From Letters and Journals So discerning a critic and precise a scholar as Mr. George Edward Woodberry has written, "The heart of the Puritan is a closed book." Now although this gentleman's reputation is such (and rightly such) that one does not lightly or unthinkingly take issue with him, especially on a point within his own domain of learning, and although it may be thought by some unbecoming for "a female pen" to engage in this or any other venture whereby controversy may be engendered or differences of opinion stated; yet, after much pondering and no little reading, this which Mr. Woodberry stated so categorically remained still to me a question; but one inclining always away from the presumption on which it was based. And so at length, partly because I could not be rid of the vexing puzzle and hence would fain leave it to others to answer, and partly because I found my own heart turning with curiosity at first and later with affection to those men and women into whose lives I looked for many months, I determined to bring together in one place, in a convenient compendium, as it were, some gleanings from many and dusty tomes, some fragments of reality, in the hope that from them might radiate for others, as for me, shafts of light to penetrate the past. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.