Contents

  1. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  2. FOREWORD TO THE ROUTLEDGE CLASSICS EDITION
  3. PREFACE
  4. PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION
  5. PART I: HISTORIOGRAPHY
    1. 1 Theories of revolution
    2. 2 The social origins of the English Revolution
  6. PART II: INTERPRETATION
    1. 3 The causes of the English Revolution
      1. 1 Presuppositions
      2. 2 The preconditions, 1529–1629
      3. 3 The precipitants, 1629–39
      4. 4 The triggers, 1640–2
      5. 5 Conclusion
    2. 4 Second thoughts in 1985
  7. INDEX