Electing Cromwell The Making of a Politician Political and Popular Culture in the Early Modern Period Series

Popular interest in Cromwell has often exceeded the originality of what has been written about him. Barclay?s study comes out of meticulous research on a huge range of newly discovered primary sources, transforming our understanding of the life and career of Oliver Cromwell during the period from his birth in 1599 until 1642.

Chapter 1 The Man from Huntingdon; Chapter 2 The Biographer; Chapter 3 The Fishmonger; Chapter 4 The Kinsmen; Chapter 5 The Nonconformists in the Fens?; Chapter 6 The Drainers, the Protesters and the Bishop; Chapter 7 The Ely Petitioners; Chapter 8 The two Elections of 1640; Chapter 9 Another Election; Chapter 10 The War Years; Chapter 11 Back to the Restoration; Chapter 12 Conclusion;

Andrew Barclay