Papers by Christopher Thompson
EMH 2020, 2020
Comments from my blog on early modern history matters in 2020.
Working Notes, 2015
Observations on documents, historiographical issues and reviews on early modern English history.
Parliamentary History before Conrad Russell and the Rise of revisionism
Parliamentary history before Conrad Russell and the rise of revisionism Whatever view one takes o... more Parliamentary history before Conrad Russell and the rise of revisionism Whatever view one takes of the merits of his arguments, there can be no doubt that Conrad Russell was a major figure in seventeenthcentury historiography. His rise to eminence began in the 1970s when he first challenged many of the assumptions which he then considered to underlie the analysis of early Stuart political history.1 Traditional ideas about conflicts between Crown and Parliament, on Parliament as a 'great power' in the State divided between supporters of 'government' and 'opposition', on debates as a contest for 'power' between these two sides and over a 'High Road' leading inexorably to Civil War attracted his critical scrutiny. He objected to reading Parliamentary history backwards from the 1640s with all the teleological implications of doing so whilst making a powerful case
The Framework of the Crisis of the Aristocracy 1558-1641, 1986
Critical analysis of the arguments of Lawrence Stone's book, The Crisis of the Aristocracy 1558-1... more Critical analysis of the arguments of Lawrence Stone's book, The Crisis of the Aristocracy 1558-1641 (O.U.P. 1965) given in a seminar at Birkbeck College in 1983 and published by The Orchard Press in 1986.
Essais, 2014
Essays on early modern English parliamentary and colonial history
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