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Title: History of the English People, Volume VI (of 8)
Puritan England, 1642-1660; The Revolution, 1660-1683

Author: John Richard Green

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HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH PEOPLE

by

JOHN RICHARD GREEN, M.A.
Honorary Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford

VOLUME VI

PURITAN ENGLAND, 1642-1660. THE REVOLUTION, 1660-1683

London
MacMillan and Co., Ltd.
New York: MacMillan & Co.
1896
All rights reserved

First Edition 1879; Reprinted 1882, 1886, 1891.
Eversley Edition, 1896

CONTENTS

BOOK VII

PURITAN ENGLAND. 1642-1660

PAGE
CHAPTER IX

THE CIVIL WAR. 1642-1646 1

CHAPTER X

THE ARMY AND THE PARLIAMENT. 1646-1649 43

CHAPTER XI

THE COMMONWEALTH. 1649-1653 70

CHAPTER XII

THE PROTECTORATE.