Clarendon's history of the rebellion

Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, was a prominent figure in the reigns of Charles I and Charles II, serving as an advisor and later becoming Chancellor of Oxford University. In his later years, he wrote The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, an account of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms that took place from 1642 to 1651. The work was published in 1702 and remains a significant historical document to this day. The History provides valuable insights into the political climate of the time, including the dispute between Parliamentarians and Royalists over the nature and origins of the war.

After the banishment of Clarendon, he continued to write his autobiographical Life between 1668 and 1670. In 1671, he revised the History by incorporating the Life into it and adding new sections covering events after March 1644. The work is influenced by Clarendon's politics and his personal views of the Royalist strategy. His descriptions of the participants in political events are insightful and reveal his efforts to write a history that can instruct future readers on his views of appropriate statecraft.

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