Les mémoires républicaines des guerres civiles anglaises dans les années 1650
Les mémoires républicaines des guerres civiles anglaises dans les années 1650
In 1649, Charles I of England was executed, following seven years of civil war. England became a republic and then, under Oliver Cromwell, a Protectorate. In 1660, the republican experiment collapsed and Charles ii was restored to the throne. Post-1660 commentators reiterated the “abhorrences” and the “wild and deformed chaos” of the recent past. But not all chose to remember the wars in this way. Some interpreted them as evidence of “Gods mercies.” Historians have focused lately on Restoration memories of England’s “troubles,” but this article considers how men and women living in the 1650s, under the republic, wrote
about their very recent and bloody past. It looks beyond authorized or traditional “histories” to show how memories of the wars are embedded in all kinds of writing from this turbulent decade, from prophecies to poems. It argues that the need to understand the wars was widespread, that the scars ran deep, and that the horror and loss were shared as much by those at the heart of the new regime, as by those who lived quietly under it.
England, civil wars, English Revolution, Republic, Protectorate, Charles I, Charles II, Oliver Cromwell, Restoration, memory, history
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Hunt, Alice
cee21a10-a12b-4e52-8d89-2842ab8b4a31
2017
Hunt, Alice
cee21a10-a12b-4e52-8d89-2842ab8b4a31
Hunt, Alice
(2017)
Les mémoires républicaines des guerres civiles anglaises dans les années 1650.
XVIIe Siècle, 2017/2 (275), .
(doi:10.3917/dss.172.0253).
Abstract
In 1649, Charles I of England was executed, following seven years of civil war. England became a republic and then, under Oliver Cromwell, a Protectorate. In 1660, the republican experiment collapsed and Charles ii was restored to the throne. Post-1660 commentators reiterated the “abhorrences” and the “wild and deformed chaos” of the recent past. But not all chose to remember the wars in this way. Some interpreted them as evidence of “Gods mercies.” Historians have focused lately on Restoration memories of England’s “troubles,” but this article considers how men and women living in the 1650s, under the republic, wrote
about their very recent and bloody past. It looks beyond authorized or traditional “histories” to show how memories of the wars are embedded in all kinds of writing from this turbulent decade, from prophecies to poems. It argues that the need to understand the wars was widespread, that the scars ran deep, and that the horror and loss were shared as much by those at the heart of the new regime, as by those who lived quietly under it.
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Accepted/In Press date: 1 February 2017
e-pub ahead of print date: 2017
Published date: 2017
Alternative titles:
Republican Memories: Writing about the English Civil Wars in the 1650s
Keywords:
England, civil wars, English Revolution, Republic, Protectorate, Charles I, Charles II, Oliver Cromwell, Restoration, memory, history
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English
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/407931
ISSN: 0012-4273
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