Introduction: the confederate wars revisited
Introduction: the confederate wars revisited
This chapter introduces the volume, outlining the historical debate on the wars of the 1640s, explaining why there has been less interest in it recently, as historians have focused on the outbreak of the rebellion and the Cromwellian invasion instead. It also introduces each chapter with a brief summary, and points out the new themes that emerge across the volume, including the importance of the regions to understanding the war. One of these themes, the crisis in authority – which affected not only the royalist government and institutions but also the Catholic Confederate alternatives – is explored in more detail, and proposed as an important new way to understand this difficult period.
Keywords: historiography, regions, authority, Ormond, confederates
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