Gentlemen and Tarpaulins : The Officers and Men of the Restoration Navy
by
J. D. Davies
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Oxford Historical Monographs
ISBN-10
0198202636
ISBN-13
9780198202639
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Imprint
Clarendon Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 10th, 1991
Print length
282 Pages
Weight
496 grams
Dimensions
22.50 x 14.60 x 2.20 cms
Product Classification:
British & Irish historyEarly modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700Naval forces & warfare
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This scholarly study of the Royal Navy during the reigns of Charles II and James II, assesses the traditional picture of the Restoration Navy in the light of recent scholarship, using evidence not only of Pepys but also of his contemporaries.
This is the first scholarly study of the Royal Navy during the reigns of Charles II and James II. Historians have long viewed the Restoration Navy through the eyes of Samuel Pepys, the greatest diarist and naval administrator of the age. Perceptive and intelligent as Pepys was, he presented only a one-sided view of the Navy, that of a bureaucrat attempting to reorganize it.J. D. Davies assesses this traditional picture of the Restoration Navy in the light of recent scholarship, using the evidence not only of Pepys but of his contemporaries. He examines the reactions of naval personnel to the demands imposed by Pepys, and analyses the structure of the service. He also explores the lives and attitudes of the men (the `tarpaulins'') and their officers - the quests for promotion, enrichment, and glory; the very different problems posed by peace and war; the nature of life at sea; and the role of the Navy in national life. Gentlemen and Tarpaulins provides a fascinating glimpse into the history of the Royal Navy.
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