The English Civil War

About this Collection

The English Civil War (1642 -1660) pitted supporters of Parliament against the Crown. The period includes the trial and execution of Charles I, the replacement of the monarchy with the Commonwealth of England (1649-1653), the rise of Oliver Cromwell to a virtual military dictatorship, and the eventual restoration of the monarchy. The ultimate outcome of the Revolution was the discrediting of the the divine right of kings and the beginnings of parliamentary sovereignty and constitutional monarchy.

For additional reading see our collection of Key Documents.

Members:

• The Clarke Papers. Selections from the Papers of William Clarke, 4 vols. (Sir William Clarke)
• The Clarke Papers. Selections from the Papers of William Clarke, vol. 1 (Sir William Clarke)
• The Clarke Papers. Selections from the Papers of William Clarke, vol. 2 (Sir William Clarke)
• The Clarke Papers. Selections from the Papers of William Clarke, vol. 3 (Sir William Clarke)
• The Clarke Papers. Selections from the Papers of William Clarke, vol. 4 (Sir William Clarke)
• The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625-1660 (Samuel Rawson Gardiner)
• Discourses Concerning Government (Algernon Sidney)
• An Elegant and Learned Discourse of the Light of Nature (Nathaniel Culverwell)
• The English Works, vol. III (Leviathan) (Thomas Hobbes)
• Excellencie of a Free-State (Marchamont Nedham)
• The Historical Essays and Narratives of the Merovingian Era (Augustin Thierry)
• The Miscellaneous Works (Sir James Mackintosh)
• The Oceana and Other Works (James Harrington)
• The Prose Works of John Milton, 2 vols. (Rufus Wilmot Griswold)
• The Prose Works of John Milton, vol. 1 (Rufus Wilmot Griswold)
• The Prose Works of John Milton, vol. 2 (Rufus Wilmot Griswold)
• Puritanism and Liberty, being the Army Debates (1647-9) (Alexander Dunlop Lindsay)
• The Ready and Easy Way to Establish a Free Commonwealth (John Milton)
• Selected Writings of Sir Edward Coke, vol. I (Steve Shepherd)
• Selected Writings of Sir Edward Coke, vol. II (Steve Shepherd)
• Selected Writings of Sir Edward Coke, vol. III (Steve Shepherd)
• The Struggle for Sovereignty, 2 vols. (Joyce Lee Malcolm)
• The Struggle for Sovereignty: Seventeenth-Century English Political Tracts, vol. 1 (Joyce Lee Malcolm)
• The Struggle for Sovereignty: Seventeenth-Century English Political Tracts, vol. 2 (Joyce Lee Malcolm)
• The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates (William Talbot Allison)