Preface -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction: Regicide and republicanism -- 1. Unparliamentary language and the dignitity of the crown -- 2. 'A mere man': Charles Levelled -- 3. The expense of blood and treasure -- 4. King Ahab -- 5. Queen Justice -- 6. Government new modelled? -- 7. The engagement of loyalty -- 8. The active and the passive life -- Epilogue: The good old cause -- Select bibliography of printed sources -- Index