![]() ![]() ![]() As Austin Woolrych’s 2002 popular textbook Britain in Revolution (1) shows, readers have become used to the notion of a British revolution and it is therefore surprising that OUP chose to maintain the ‘English Revolution’ label. Since the late 1980s historians have recognised that the mid-17th century political crisis spanned all the British, Irish and colonial possessions of Charles I. The first apparent oddity, however, as Mike Braddick admits in his introductory chapter is the use of the term ‘English Revolution’ in the title. The Oxford Handbook of the English Revolution edited by Mike Braddick presents a series of 33 essays from leading scholars covering the whole gamut of the political, religious, social and cultural history of this complex and densely studied period between c.1637–1662. These volumes collect together the same number of essays as two or three volumes of Macmillan’s successful Problems in Focus series of old and thus provide the reader with a comprehensive overview of the most recent research and thinking on a historical subject. ![]() The current trend in history publishing for a ‘one stop shop edition’ of essays on a particular subject, variously entitled ‘Handbooks’ or ‘Companions’, is a welcome addition for teachers and students of history alike. ![]()
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