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... Parliament . There are probably two quite distinct elements within this pro - Parliamentarian nobility : firstly , an essentially reactionary and particularistic revolt against absolutism characterised , in Stone's words , by ' a ...
... Parliament . There are probably two quite distinct elements within this pro - Parliamentarian nobility : firstly , an essentially reactionary and particularistic revolt against absolutism characterised , in Stone's words , by ' a ...
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... Parliament . We have only to turn our attention to the social class backgrounds of , respectively , MPs and voters ... Parliament , and who tended towards the more radical wing of the Parliamentarian side ; and the provincial ...
... Parliament . We have only to turn our attention to the social class backgrounds of , respectively , MPs and voters ... Parliament , and who tended towards the more radical wing of the Parliamentarian side ; and the provincial ...
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... Parliament , but who , as war and revolution progressed , gradually broke through the crumbling leadership which had at first contained them'.66 In this view , the opposition between Presbyterians and Independents is merely a special ...
... Parliament , but who , as war and revolution progressed , gradually broke through the crumbling leadership which had at first contained them'.66 In this view , the opposition between Presbyterians and Independents is merely a special ...
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The World Vision of Revolutionary Independency | 50 |
The English Revolutionary Crisis | 60 |
Reason Triumphant | 94 |
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