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The English Revolution: 3: The County Community at War

on Network Three

Nine programmes about government, society, and ideas in early Stuart England

When the Civil War broke out in 1642. both the King and Parliament were faced with the problem of governing those parts of the country under their control.
Donald Pennington, Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, describes how they adapted what was left of the traditional machinery to the business of fighting a war.
With readings from contemporary sources by Gary Watson and John Glen.

(Peter Lastett on The Justification of Obedience: Tuesday at 7.0 p.m.)

Contributors

Presenter:
Donald Pennington
Reader:
Gary Watson
Reader:
John Glen
Producer:
Howard Smith

Network Three

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