Introduction
Part 1: The Character of the Army
1: A Standing Army
2: Promotion and Patronage
3: Political Engagement
Part 2: The Army and Society
4: The Garrisoning and Quartering of the Army
5: The Provision of Pay to the Army
6: The Material Impact of the Military Presence
7: The Religious Impact of the Military Presence
8: The Army and the Government of the Localities
Part 3: The Army and the End of the Republic
9: The Military Presence Unchecked
10: The Demise of the Army
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Henry Reece read History at Bristol University and did his D.Phil. at St John's College, Oxford. He spent thirty years in publishing, latterly as chief executive of Oxford University Press from 1998 to 2009. Oxford University awarded him an Honorary D.Litt. in 2010. He is an Emeritus Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford and an Honorary Fellow of St John's College, Oxford. He now lives on Vancouver Island in Canada.
The Army in Cromwellian England 1649-1660 is an elegant synthesis
of forty years' worth of historiography, securely anchored in
primary sources. Reece's conclusions lead us to reconsider
long-held orthodoxies, such as the beliefs that an 'un-English'
autocracy characterized the Commonwealth and Protectorate, and that
the return of the Stuarts was inevitable.
*Mark Charles Fissel, American Historical Review*
Recommended
*Choice*
Reece has shown us how essential the army was to establishing
stability and the rule of law following victory. We have an even
greater feel for the war and peace in mid-seventeenth century
Britain as a result.
*Martyn Bennet, War in History*
a long-awaited and very important book.
*Northern History,*
Henry Reece has given us a study of major importance, finely
judged, stimulating, and based on massive and impeccable
research.
*Bernard Capp, Military History*
"This book has marinaded for longer than most" Henry Reece
remarks... His book is the best possible advertisement for
marinading. It is a fine scholarly achievement, required reading
for all who take England's republican experiment seriously...
Reece's excellent book certainly makes us think hard; on the army
itself it is surely definitive.
*Anthony Fletcher, History*
this is a very fine study
*Journal of British Studies*
an excellent treatment of the ... day-to-day experience of the
peacetime army of the Commonwealth and Protectorate ... As this
body of men was, beyond doubt, the empowering force of English (and
indeed British and Irish) political developments between 1647 and
1660, to achieve such a well-rounded portrait of it is extremely
valuable.
*Ronald Hutton, University of Bristol*
The judges were very impressed with Henry Reece's incisive and
thoroughly researched analysis ... His clear and readable book
makes an important contribution to knowledge of the period.
*Ann Sweeney, Chairman of the Judges of the 2013 Samuel Pepys
Award*
Reece's book succeeds in two regards: it provides detailed analysis
of a topic that has not received much scholarly attention (the
nature and impact of the standing army during the Interregnum), and
it offers a new interpretation of a major historical event (the
demise of the army in 1659-60) ... this book, and the research
grounding it, will benefit future studies of military, local, and
political histories of the Interregnum.
*Benjamin Woodford, Canadian Journal of History*
a thoughtful, well-researched and strongly argued contribution to
our understanding of the role and position of the army in England,
particularly valuable and generally convincing in casting further
light on the military's role in local administration, on Oliver
Cromwell's handling of the army and its officers and -- its
freshest and biggest contribution -- on the army's conspicuously
limited opposition to Monck and the path to the Restoration.
*Peter Gaunt, English Historical Review*
This is institutional history ... of a very sophisticated and
readable kind. The command of sources is formidable and the style
is lucid and often trenchant ... Reece's book is necessary reading
for all who hope to explain it [the Restoration].
*Barbara Donagan, Renaissance Quarterly*
This is an intriguing study of a crucial institution at a critical
time in English history. It is a complex story ... and Reece does
an excellent job in describing it.
*Peter Harrington, Milton Quarterly*
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