CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS ix
4. PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xi
5. PROLOGUE 1
6. Chapter one. THE FOUNDING OF THE NEW MODEL ARMY 4
7. Chapter two. RECRUITMENT, PROVISIONING AND PAY 18
8. Chapter three. THE YEAR OF VICTORIES, 1645–46 34
9. Chapter four. RELIGION AND MORALE 45
10. Chapter five. THE POLITICAL WARS, 1646–48 PART I: FROM THE KING’S SURRENDER TO THE ASSAULT ON PARLIAMENT 63
11. Chapter six. THE POLITICAL WARS, 1646–48 PART II: FROM THE OCCUPATION OF LONDON TO THE SECOND CIVIL WAR 89
12. Chapter seven. THE SECOND CIVIL WAR 108
13. Chapter eight. ‘THAT MAN OF BLOOD’: THE ARMY AND THE REGICIDE, SEPTEMBER 1648 TO MAY 128
14. Chapter nine. THE ARMY AND THE LEVELLERS, FEBRUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1649 158
15. Chapter ten. THE CONQUEST AND OCCUPATION OF IRELAND, 1649–60 175
16. Chapter eleven. THE CONQUEST AND RULE OF SCOTLAND, 1650–59 205
17. Chapter twelve. THE ARMY AND THE EXPULSION OF THE RUMP PARLIAMENT, SEPTEMBER 1651 TO APRIL 1653 237
18. Chapter thirteen. BAREBONE’S PARLIAMENT AND THE PROTECTORATE, 1653–56 253
19. Chapter fourteen. THE ARMY AND THE END OF THE PARLIAMENTARY RULE, 1656–59 279
20. Chapter fifteen. THE ARMY BRINGS BACK THE KING, 1659–60 297
21. EPILOGUE 318
22. NOTES 322
23. SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY 375
24. INDEX 377