1. The centre, heart and head of the West- Exeter before the Civil
War
2. Zealous to advance God's glory - Ingnatius Jurdain and the
puritan dynamic
3. The times grow more dangerous - descent into war
4. Rebel city: Parliamentarian Exeter; "reduced into the power of
his sacred majesties"
5. Close begirt - the final siege
6. Conclusion
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Mark Stoyle is Professor of early modern history
at the University of Southampton. He specialises in early modern
British history, with particular research interests in the 'British
crisis' of the 1640s; cultural, ethnic and religious identity in
Wales and Cornwall between 1450 and 1700; and popular memory of the
English Civil War from 1660 to the present day.
"Dr Stoyle's account deserves to become the standard authority. He
ranges widely in the sources to describe and explain the
circumstances by which parliamentary authority was ousted and
replaced by Royalist administration until the final siege of Exeter
in 1646. He explores the tensions between the commands of Berkeley
and Goring on the Royalist side, and convincingly analyses
conflicts between military and civic authority." (Devon and
Cornwall Notes and Queries 1998)
"Dr Stoyle is to be congratulated on a book which is highly
readable and widely accessible, which presents a lively and
engaging account, but which also makes an important contribution to
our knowledge of the urban sector before and during the civil war."
(Southern History, Vol. 18, 1997)
"This is of more than local interest, since Exeter offers something
of a case study, challenging the view that in provincial urban
communities little concern was shown there for national issues
until citizens were faced by the mind-concentrating demands posed
by war in the kingdom . . . Similar searching reinspection of other
urban centres is called for." (Cromwelliana)
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