The Puritan Revolution and the English Civil War (The Anvil) - Softcover

Beginning with a review of the historiographical conflicts over the causes of the Puritan or English Revolution, Dr. Prall's book combines a narrative of the dominant political, religious, social, economic, and military issues of the Civil War and the Commonwealth and Protectorate which followed. The author sees this revolution as both a political/constitutional and religious conflict. This book is an excellent combination of classic and revisionist interpretations. The author shows that more recent class or regional interpretations can be made compatible with traditional constitutional interpretations. Relevant documents from the period are included.

Stuart E. Prall, Columbia Ph.D. and Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, is a professor of English and Irish history at Queens College and The CUNY Graduate Center. Dr. Prall is the author of The Bloodless Revolution, England, 1688 and Church and State in Tudor and Stuart England. He is the editor of The Puritan Revolution: A Documentary History, and the coauthor of A History of England, 4th edition.