Britain in revolution, 1625-1660

Prologue 
 I: BACKGROUND AND BEGINNINGS 1625-1640 
 1. King Charles's Inheritance, i: Three Kingdoms, Three Peoples 
 2. King Charles's Inheritance, ii: The Matter of Religion 
 3. The New Reign 
 4. Storm over Scotland 
 5. The Bishops' Wars 
 II: WAR IN THREE KINGDOMS 1640-1646 
 6. Climacteric 
 7. Three Kingdoms in Crisis 
 8. The Blast of War 
 9. The Conflict Widens 
 10. Towards a Resolution 
 III: TOWARDS A KINGLESS BRITAIN 1646-1649 
 11. Between Two Wars 
 12. Climacteric II: 'Not a Mere Mercenary Army' 
 13. The Second Civil War 
 14. Quest for a Settlement 
 IV: THE COMMONWEALTH 1649-1653 
 15. The Commonwealth at War 
 16. The Commonwealth in Crisis 
 17. 'A Story of My Own Weakness and Folly'? 
 V: CROMWELL'S PROTECTORATE 1653-1658 
 18. A New Order in Three Nations 
 19. The First Phase of Cromwellian Rule 
 20. 'A Single Person and a Parliament' 
 21. Royalists in Arms, Swordsmen in the Saddle 
 22. King or Constable? 
 23. The Protectorate in Scotland, Ireland, and Europe 
 24. Unfinished Business 
 VI: THE COLLAPSE OF THE GOOD OLD CAUSE 1658-1660 
 25. The Overthrow of the Protectorate 
 26. The Commonwealth Restored 
 27. The Monarchy Restored 
 Epilogue 
 Further Reading 
 Index