Dr David Smith

Selwyn College Cambridge CB3 9DQ Tel: (+44) (0)1223 335881 or 335846 Fax: (+44) (0)1223 331720 dls10@cam.ac.uk

British political, constitutional and legal history in the early modern period, especially in the seventeenth century. Current major interests include the history of Parliament, the nature of monarchy and Royalism, and the career of Oliver Cromwell.

Teaching Interests

Early modern British history

Areas of Research Supervision

British political, constitutional, legal and religious history in the early modern period, especially in the seventeenth century.

Chief Publications

• Oliver Cromwell: Politics and Religion in the English Revolution, 1640-1658 Cambridge University Press, 1991
• Louis XIV Cambridge University Press, 1992
• Constitutional Royalism and the Search for Settlement, c. 1640-1649 Cambridge University Press, 1994
• (co-edited with Richard Strier and David Bevington) The Theatrical City: Culture, Theatre and Politics in London, 1576-1649 Cambridge University Press, 1995
• A History of the Modern British Isles, 1603-1707: The Double Crown Blackwell, 1998
• The Stuart Parliaments, 1603-1689Edward Arnold, 1999
• (with Graham E. Seel) The Early Stuart Kings, 1603-1642 Routledge, 2001
• (with Graham E. Seel) Crown and Parliaments, 1558-1689 Cambridge University Press, 2001
• (edited) Cromwell and the Interregnum Blackwell, 2003
• (co-edited with Jason McElligott) Royalists and Royalism during the English Civil Wars Cambridge University Press, 2007
• (with Patrick Little) Parliaments and Politics during the Cromwellian Protectorate Cambridge University Press, 2007