Treason and the state : law, politics and ideology in the English Civil War

Treason and the state : law, politics and ideology in the English Civil War / D. Alan Orr.

This study traces the transition of treason from a personal crime against the monarch to a modern crime against the impersonal state, consisting of studies of four major state treason trials in England including that of the Earl of Strafford in 1641 and of King Charles I in 1649.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Orr, D. Alan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Series:Cambridge studies in early modern British history.
Subjects:
1600 - 1699
Treason > England > History > 17th century.
Trials (Treason) > England > History > 17th century > Case studies.
Treason
Trials (Treason)
England
Case studies
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; Introduction; 1 The statutory basis of English treason law; 2 Sovereignty and state; 3 Thomas Wentworth, First Earl of Strafford; 4 William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury; 5 Connor Lord Maguire, Second Baron of Enniskillen; 6 Charles Stuart, King of England; Conclusion; BIBLIOGRAPHY; MANUSCRIPT SOURCES; PRINTED PRIMARY SOURCES; SECONDARY SOURCES; INDEX.

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