The Causes of the English Civil War

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*The Causes of the English Civil War* is a major historical study by Conrad Russell that offers a revisionist analysis of the political, religious, and constitutional tensions that led to the outbreak of the English Civil War in the mid-17th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
historical study
academicDiscipline early modern British history
historiography of the English Civil War
arguesAgainst simple long-term inevitability explanations of the English Civil War
traditional Whig interpretations of the English Civil War
author Conrad Russell
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
emphasizes interaction of religion and politics in early Stuart England
role of multiple kingdoms in causing conflict
short-term political crises before 1642
fieldOfStudy constitutional development in early modern England
political history of Britain
religious conflicts in 17th-century Britain
focusesOn constitutional tensions in early Stuart England
political tensions in early Stuart England
religious tensions in early Stuart England
genre constitutional history
history
political history
religious history
hasForm monograph
historicalContext Personal Rule (1629–1640)
surface form: Personal Rule of Charles I

House of Stuart
surface form: Stuart monarchy

conflicts between Crown and Parliament
language English
mainSubject English Civil War
The Causes of the English Civil War self-linksurface differs
surface form: causes of the English Civil War
notableFor revisionist interpretation of the origins of the English Civil War
perspective revisionist
relatedEvent Bishops' Wars
English Civil War
Long Parliament 1640
surface form: Long Parliament

Short Parliament 1640
surface form: Short Parliament
setting England
Island of Ireland
surface form: Ireland

Scotland
targetAudience historians
students of early modern British history
timePeriodCovered early 17th century
reign of Charles I of England

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Conrad Russell, 5th Earl Russell notableWork The Causes of the English Civil War
Conrad Sebastian Robert Russell notableWork The Causes of the English Civil War
The Causes of the English Civil War mainSubject The Causes of the English Civil War self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: causes of the English Civil War
Unrevolutionary England, 1603–1642 relatedWorkByAuthor The Causes of the English Civil War