Contemporaries Of Bulstrode Whitelocke 1605 1675

Download or read book Contemporaries of Bulstrode Whitelocke, 1605-1675 written by Ruth Spalding and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 1990-09-27 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Papers of Bulstrode Whitelocke, brought together from various sources, form an important archive - quite separate from his Diary - and much of it unpublished or even unknown to scholars. Ruth Spalding has selected about 1000 names from the Diary, assembled biographical details that elucidate the Diary references, and has worked into this framework much new material from Whitelocke's papers. Many entries shed light on the politics of the period, since Whitelocke knew nearly all the leading characters personally. There is also much information on the `unhonoured dead' - secretaries, servants, tenants, villagers, and petty officials. The volume complements Miss Spalding's edition of The Diary of Bulstrode Whitelocke, 1605-1675 (RSEH New Series XIII)