Protestantism and Patriotism: Ideologies and the Making of English Foreign Policy, 1650-1668.

Abstract

Acknowledgements List of abbreviations 1. Introduction Part 1. The Rod of the Lord: Ideology and the Outbreak of the First Anglo-Dutch War: 2. Historiographical overview 3. The attempt at unification 4. The road to war Coda: the popular apocalyptic context Part II. To Unite Against the Common Enemy: The 1654 Treaty of Westminster and the End of Apocalyptic Foreign Policy: 5. Historiographical overview 6. The causes of the war stated 7. Peace proposed 8. Political upheavals and ideological divisions 9. The rejection of apocalyptic foreign policy 10. The Protectorate's new foreign policy Part III. Popery, Trade and Universal Monarchy: Ideology and the Outbreak of the Second Anglo-Dutch War: 11. Historiographical overview 12. The establishment of an Orangist foreign policy 13. The Anglo-Dutch treaty of 1662 14. The Northern Rebellion and the reestablishment of Anglican Royalist consensus 15. The April 1664 trade resolution 16. Popery, trade and universal monarchy Part IV. The Medway, Breda and the Triple Alliance: The Collapse of Anglican Royalist Foreign Policy: 17. Historiographical overview 18. The circulation of news and the course of the war 19. The popular understanding of the war 20. The government's war aims 21. An Orangist revolution 22. Victory denied and wartime consensus shattered 23. The rise of political opposition 24. The road to Chatham: the decision not to send out a battle fleet 25. The demise of Anglican Royalist foreign policy Conclusion Bibliography Index.