Publications by Ismini Pells
Medical provision in Civil War armies has generally suffered a poor reputation. Medical matters h... more Medical provision in Civil War armies has generally suffered a poor reputation. Medical matters have been excluded from assessments of how far Civil War armies confirm evidence of the so-called ‘Military Revolution’, whilst Harold Cook argued that it was not until after the Glorious Revolution that the medical infrastructure of the armed forces was brought in line with continental practices, particularly those of the Dutch army. Despite the recent rehabilitation of early modern practitioners elsewhere, frontline military practitioners continue to be dismissed as uneducated, unskilful and incompetent. This is largely due to the lack of a fresh perspective since C. H. Firth published Cromwell's Army in 1902. This article argues that the English were well aware of current medical practice in European armies and endeavoured to implement similar procedures during the Civil Wars. Indeed, almost all the developments identified by Cook for the later seventeenth century can be found in Civil War armies. Whilst failures may have occurred, most of these can be attributed to administrative and financial miscarriages, rather than ignorance of contemporary medical developments. Moreover, there is little to suggest that medics mobilized for Civil War armies were any less capable than those who practised civilian medicine in this period.
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Paper published in the Transactions of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Journal, freely-av... more Paper published in the Transactions of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Journal, freely-available to the public via the LAMAS online archive. To find out more about the archive, please visit http://www.lamas.org.uk/archives/23-transactions.html
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Edmund Wright was born in Nantwich in 1573 and sent to London to be bound apprentice. He develope... more Edmund Wright was born in Nantwich in 1573 and sent to London to be bound apprentice. He developed into a wealthy merchant and rose through the ranks of City politics to become Lord Mayor in 1640-1. Wright's mayoralty coincided with one of the most turbulent periods of English history and as a man of moderate opinions, he attempted to maintain order and stability in the capital in the run up to the outbreak of the Civil War in England. Read Wright's entry in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography here:
http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/107350
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Nehemiah Wharton enlisted in the parliamentary army under the earl of Essex during the earliest m... more Nehemiah Wharton enlisted in the parliamentary army under the earl of Essex during the earliest mobilisations for the English Civil War in July 1642. During the campaign that resulted in the battle of Edgehill on 23 October 1642, Wharton wrote nine letters home to his master, George Willingham. As a rare example of correspondence from an ordinary soldier, Wharton's letters provide historians with one of the best-known sources for everyday campaigning during the Civil War. Follow this link to find his entry in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/107338
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This was a paper presented to the 'Mortality, Care and Military Welfare during the British Civil ... more This was a paper presented to the 'Mortality, Care and Military Welfare during the British Civil Wars' conference held at the National Civil War Centre, Newark Museum on 7 and 8 August 2015. An extended version of this paper with more in-depth analysis is published as a chapter in D. Appleby and A. Hopper, eds, Battle-scarred: Mortality, medical care and military welfare in the British Civil Wars (MUP, Manchester: 2018): http://www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526124807/
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Publications by Ismini Pells
Link to publisher version/journal website:
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0018246X18000067
http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/107350
Conference Presentations by Ismini Pells
Link to publisher version/journal website:
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0018246X18000067
http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/107350