Matthew Jenkinson (Member of the Senior Common Room, New College, O

Charles I's Killers in America

The Lives and Afterlives of Edward Whalley and William Goffe

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Produktbeschreibung

After the Restoration the men who signed Charles I's death warrant fled to New England, becoming folk heroes for America's earliest historians and novelists. This is the story of the lives and afterlives of these regicides, and the truth behind the attempts by King Charles II's government to bring the 'king-killers' to justice.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 149mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 512g
• ISBN-13: 9780198820734
• ISBN-10: 0198820739
• Artikelnr.: 53772719

Autorenporträt

Matthew Jenkinson received his doctorate from Merton College, Oxford. He is the author of Culture and Politics at the Court of Charles II, 1660-85 (2010) and several articles on history, literature, and education. He has held four research fellowships at the Huntington Library in California and he is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He lives in Oxford, where he is a Member of the Senior Common Room of New College.

Inhaltsangabe

PART I: Lives
1: Introduction
2: Regicides on the Run I: Gravesend to Milford
3: Regicides on the Run II: Milford to Hartford
PART II. Afterlives
4: Thomas Hutchinson and the Regicides' Rediscovery
5: Ezra Stiles, the Regicides, and the American Revolution
6: The Spirit of the Regicides, Liberty, and American National Identity
7: The Regicides' Revival, Rise, and Decline
8: Conclusion
Appendix I - Dramatis Personaw
Appendix II - Timeline of the Movements of Whalley and Goffe
Appendix III - The Diary of William Goffe
Appendix IV - The (Dis)appearance of John Dixwell
Bibliography
Notes
Index