Treason and the State: Law, Politics and Ideology in the English Civil War

D. Alan Orr

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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

Acknowledgments
pp ix-x

List of abbreviations
pp xi-xii

Introduction
pp 1-8

Part I - Concepts
pp 9-10

1 - The statutory basis of English treason law
pp 11-29

2 - Sovereignty and state
pp 30-58

Part II - Practice
pp 59-60

3 - Thomas Wentworth, First Earl of Strafford
pp 61-100

4 - William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury
pp 101-140

5 - Connor Lord Maguire, Second Baron of Enniskillen
pp 141-170

6 - Charles Stuart, King of England
pp 171-205

Conclusion
pp 206-210

Bibliography
pp 211-223

Index
pp 224-229

Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History
pp 230-233

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