Introduction; Part 1: The revolt of 1648; The Navy New-Modelled; Gunboat Diplomacy and War, 1652-1660; Politics and the Navy, 1649-1658; Part 2: Naval Officers: A Social Profile; The Floating Commonwealth; Manning the Fleet; Saints Afloat? Religion in the Fleet; Part 3: The Navy and the Restoration; The Legacy of the Commonwealth; Conclusion; Sources; Notes.
'Dr Capp has presented an excellent narrative of the major
operation of the English fleet ... Dr Capp's social study of the
seamen is even more valuable ... a splendid book ... there is no
doubt that this is an important addition to 17th-century
history.'
Times Higher Educational Supplement
'Bernard Capp brings to the subject his wide knowledge of the
political, social and religious history of the Interregnum ... The
whole is based on the most meticulous scholarship in a very wide
range of printed and manuscript sources.'
Times Literary Supplement
'an excellent, stimulating book which should be read by anyone
interested in the Royal Navy, the seventeenth century, and good
history ... this is an excellent book, one that should encourage a
broader, and better informed approach to Naval History.'
Andrew D. Lambert, International Journal of Maritime History
'without doubt one of the most important published works ever to
have been written on the Navy in the 1650s ... Erudite and
extensively researched, Bernard Capp has produced a book whose
dominant themes are built to last.'
Andrew Thrush, National Maritime Museum, The Mariner's Mirror, Nov
'90
'This highly-detailed study of the English navy under Cromwell and
the Commonwealth is, in every respect, an admirable contribution to
the field of naval history ... a highly sophisticated - and
immensely erudite - study in social, political and religious
history using the navy as a focus.'
Jonathan I. Israel, Bijdragen en Mededelingen Betreffende de
Geschiedenis der Nederlanden
'This book has reclaimed the navy from the specialist naval
historians and will do much to integrate it into future discussions
about the development of radicalism during the civil war and its
continuation during the Commonwealth. Capp demonstrates
convincingly that the navy played a crucial part in the events of
1659 and early 1660.'
Anne Laurence, The Open University, History, No. 246, Feb 1991
`Written in a lively style, this scholarly study is one sure to
intrigue naval historians and anyone with an interest in Cromwell
and the Commonweath.' Alan Cameron, Lloyd's List, Feb 6, 93
`Brigden's writing is so judicious and free from bias that it is
difficult to place her in either of the opposing camps of
historians who differ about popular attitues toward the
Reformation. Sensitivity and moderation are also evident in
Brigden's ue of wills as evidence of personal belief:' Stanford E.
Lehmberg, Journal of Modern History, Vol 64, No 2, June 92
`This is an important book, possibly the most important study of
the English Reformation to appear for a decade. What distinguishes
Susan Brigden's work is its marvelous detail, based on unparalleled
knowledge of original manuscript sources not fully mined by earlier
students. ...a brillant social history of Cromwell's navy. His
erudite study deals both with the influence of the tempestuous
religous and political events of the period on the seaman of
the
fleet and with the social world in which they lived. On all these
important questions Capp brings to bear the light of a remarkably
wide range of manuscript and printed sources. His book froms a
much-needed complement to the more numerous studies of Cromwell's
army.' Geoffrey Parker, Journal of Modern History, Vol 64, No 2,
June 92
'a comprehensive study, beginning with a perceptive account - the
best yet - of the curious naval revolt during the Second Civil War
... well-structured and elegantly-expressed volume'
Ivan Roots, University of Exeter, EHR, Jan.'93
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