Sir Thomas Fairfax and the politics of pain.
Sir Thomas Fairfax (1612–1671) was one of the most influential figures of the British Civil Wars. His life, however, was starkly coloured by physical suffering which informed his political and military as well as his private conduct. I argue that analysis of his public action which dismisses his exc...
| Publicado en: | Seventeenth Century Vol. 40; no. 1; pp. 103 - 130 |
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Jan/Feb2025
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