Fire under the Ashes: An Atlantic History of the English Revolution
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| Rating | : | 4.13 (674 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0226157652 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 392 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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With its gripping way of storytelling, impressive body of annotations, and truly transatlantic scope, Fire under the Ashes is a fascinating read for anyone interested in Puritanism, the English Revolution, or colonial America.”. “Donoghue’s excellent book is transatlantic history at its best: The author gives a gripping account of the political, economic, social, and religious dimensions of the English Revolution in virtually all parts of the English Atlantic world
Lawrence R. Davis said Excellent history of the influence of Colonial Americans on the English Revolutionary period.. As a bit of an amateur historian, one day I decided to look into the history of Newport, RI. Seems in most history the only mention of Rhode Island is about Roger Williams. What I discovered is that John Clarke, Anne Hutchinson, Mary Dyer, Sir Henry Vane (the younger) and a handful of others would have tremendous influence on the course of history. I work on what was John Clarke's farm, the basis of the longest running trust (for the education of youngsters and helping the poor) in the US, dating from the 1600's. Clarke was the one that got Charles II to grant RI a charter with Indi. As a student of the Atlantic World this gives great insight into the early colonial period and the relationship As a student of the Atlantic World this gives great insight into the early colonial period and the relationship to the development of a revolutionary movement, it is an equal to the Many Headed Hydra. Donoghue is entertaining as much as developing a very interesting and thought provoking argument.. Ann Donoghue said Because I am acquainted with this period of history,. Because I am acquainted with this period of history, the author'spresentation in detailed, clear facts of the Atlantic dimensions ofthe English Revolution further clarified my understanding of thisimportant period in our American history.
Located in the crowded center of seventeenth-century London, Coleman Street Ward was a hotbed of political, social, and religious unrest. In Fire under the Ashes, John Donoghue recovers the lasting significance of the radical ideas of the English Revolution, exploring their wider Atlantic history through a case study of Coleman Street Ward, London. These transatlantic radicals promoted social justice as the cornerstone of a republican liberty opposed to both political tyranny and economic slavery—and their efforts, Donoghue argues, provided the ideological foundations for the abolitionist movement that swept the Atlantic more than a century later.. Opposing them were other Coleman Street puritans, who having crossed and re-crossed the ocean as colonists and revolutionaries, circulated new ideas about the liberty of body and soul that they defined against England’s emergent, political economy of empire. But while Coleman Street has long been recognized as a crucial location of the English Revolution, its importance to events across the Atlantic has yet to be explored.Prominent merchant