An industrious mind : the worlds of Sir Simonds D'Ewes

An industrious mind : the worlds of Sir Simonds D'Ewes /

This is the first biography of Sir Simonds D'Ewes, a member of England's Long Parliament, Puritan, historian and antiquarian who lived from 1602-1650. D'Ewes took the Puritan side against the supporters of King Charles I in the English Civil War, and his extensive journal of the Long...

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Main Author: McGee, J. Sears (James Sears), 1942- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
D'Ewes, Simonds, > Sir, > 1602-1650.
Great Britain. > Parliament > Biography.
Antiquarians > England > Biography.
Puritans > England > Biography.
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1642-1649.
Great Britain > History > Early Stuarts, 1603-1649.
Biographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : "an industrious mind"
  • "A rationall hearer" : 1602-1620
  • "The whole time & minde are filled with law" : 1620-1626
  • "To dippe my pen in teares not inke" : 1626-1631
  • "My dearest dearest" : 1631-1639
  • "The highest stepp of wickednes" : 1631-1639
  • "An Iliad of miseries" : 1639-1640
  • "Stub vp the rootes of all our mischifes" (December, 1640-July, 1642)
  • "No end but by the sword."

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