Oliver Cromwell and the Puritan Revolt: Failure of a Man or a Faith?
Boston: D. C. Heath and Co., 1966. Hardcover. Edited by Richard E. Boyer. Boston: D.C. Heath, 1966. Problems in European Civilization series. White and green paper wrappers. xvi, 90 pp.
A sharp, debate-ready reader rather than a conventional biography. Boyer assembles primary documents and later historical judgments so the reader can decide why the Puritan experiment—civil war, republic, and Protectorate—failed to produce a lasting settlement after the execution of Charles I. Was the collapse Cromwell’s: character, army rule, and unfinished constitution? Or the faith’s: divided Puritans, providential politics that would not become institutions, and a godly program that never won the nation?
Provenance: From the library of Calvin Thielman, for more than thirty years pastor to Billy Graham and his family. Thielman’s stamp appears on the half-title.
Condition: Covers show moderate soiling. Pages age-toned but crisp and clean. Binding and text block sound. Full refund if not satisfied.
Ideal for collectors of Graham-circle association copies, students of the English Revolution, and readers who want the arguments laid out rather than a single polished narrative. Very Good -.
Item #081709
Price: $20.00