The Last Refuge of a Scoundrel
Sir Richard Greville and Cornish Particularism, 1644-6
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4558622 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark Stoyle (University of Southampton, corresponding author), M J Stoyle (University of Southampton) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue | 174 |
| Pages | 31-51 |
| Publication date | 1998-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Historical Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0950-3471 • E-ISSN: 1468-2281 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1468-2281.00052 |
| OpenAlex | W2050060014 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
This article re-examines the wartime career of the Cornish royalist leader Sir Richard Grenville (1600-59). Drawing on a wide range of contemporary documents and pamphlets, it not only provides new evidence of the brutality which Sir Richard exhibited towards prisoners, but also reveals how he attempted to make use of Cornish particularist sentiment in order to recruit his forces and bolster his own position within the royalist hierarchy. The article emphasizes the extent to which the Civil War in the South-West possessed an ethnic dimension, and concludes that Cornwall merits greater consideration within the new 'British' historiography
Archaeology · Cornish · Historiography · Political science · Politics · Royalist · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Historical Studies of British Isles · History · Law · Scottish History and National Identity
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1999 - 2010 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |