The New Model Army Agent of Revolution

(Not mentioned by the author, but doubtless known to soldiers from coastal areas, was the fact that English governments in the 1500s and 1600s routinely discharged Royal Navy seaman without paying them.) Only chapter three deals solely with military operations, covering those of 1645-46. Was antipat...

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Published inSeventeenth-century news Vol. 80; no. 3/4; pp. 138 - 142
Main Author Furgol, Edward M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published College Station Seventeenth-Century News 01.10.2022
Subjects
Armed forces
Athletic recruitment
Consciousness
Militancy
Military history
Military personnel
Politics
Religion
United Kingdom > UK
Ireland
Scotland
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Summary:(Not mentioned by the author, but doubtless known to soldiers from coastal areas, was the fact that English governments in the 1500s and 1600s routinely discharged Royal Navy seaman without paying them.) Only chapter three deals solely with military operations, covering those of 1645-46. Was antipathy to Catholics and kings offset by fighting soldiers of the militant Counter-Reformation? Nor do we learn anything about the units who went there-was it seen as chance to reduce the number of radicals in the Protectorate or was a chance for those most loyal to Cromwell to shine?) Gentles covers the political narrative in meticulous detail and analysis. Assigning Cromwell and Lambert all the credit for Dunbar (213-14) overlooks Lieutenant General David Leslie's failure to ensure a robust scouting/ picket line, the officers' desertion of their units, and Major General Holburn's order that only ten percent of the musketeers should keep their matches lit, meaning that body of men was unready for immediate action.