Maligned Militia
The West County Militia of theTime of the Monmouth Rebellion 1685
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Word Count
89,000 words, Guess
Page Count
356 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-139781472437716
- ISBN-101472437713
- Library of Congress Control Number2014027131
- OCLC Control Number948603128
- OCLC Control Number886672472
and 2 more
- Better World Books9781472437716
- Open LibraryOL28788582M
Classifications
- LCCDA448.9.S55 2015
- LCCDA448.9 .S55 2015
- LCCDA448.9 .S55 2016
Description
Despite its failure to unseat King James II, the Monmouth Rebellion had a profound influence upon English politics. In particular, it reignited the debate about whether the country should rely on a professional army under direct royal control or local country militias made up of part-time soldiers. King James favoured the former, and used criticism of the militia's performance during the rebellion to support his argument. Contemporary commentators and historians alike all certainly seemed to agree that the king's victory was won in spite of - not because of - the militia. But is this a fair judgement? Drawing upon a wealth of information gathered from personal accounts, private papers, letters, financial records, diaries and memoirs, this book revisits the events of 1685 to assess the militia's performance in helping to defeat the so-called 'pitchfork rebellion'. Through an extensive investigation into the militia itself, its social composition, role, training, armament and leadership the study sets a benchmark for what could have been realistically expected of these part-time soldiers, and then sets this against the actual tasks that were asked of it in 1685. The results that emerge from this exercise paint a very different picture of the militia's role in the rebellion than has hitherto been accepted by historians. Judged by these criteria, a convincing case is made that the militia was in fact an efficient military organisation according to contemporary expectations and demands made of it. Criticisms of it, it is argued, stem more from political expediency than impartial judgment.--
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