Charles I's Killers in America: The Lives and Afterlives of Edward Whalley and William Goffe, by Matthew Jenkinson
Charles I's Killers in America: The Lives and Afterlives of Edward Whalley and William Goffe, by Matthew Jenkinson
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《查理一世在美国的杀手：爱德华·惠利和威廉·戈夫的生与死》作者：马修·詹金森
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10.1093/ehr/ceaa354
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这本书分为两个不同的部分。第一部分阐述了人们对他们在复辟后的殖民生活知之甚少的情况，结果证明这些生活基本上平淡无奇。尽管他们最初在波士顿受到公众的欢迎，但在悬赏 100 英镑悬赏他们的人头后，惠利和戈夫自然保持了低调。詹金森追踪了他们穿越马萨诸塞州和康涅狄格州的行动，从波士顿到剑桥，再到哈特福德，再到纽黑文，然后到米尔福德和偏远的哈德利，努力向皇家特工隐瞒。纽黑文附近西岩的法官洞穴在 1661 年和 1664 年间歇性地被用作藏身之处。这将他们的反抗与后代的一个重要地标联系在一起，激发了纪念性涂鸦、绘画和照片的创作。此前人们认为戈夫死在哈德利，但詹金森的新证据表明他的最后几年是在哈特福德度过的。他的结论是，弑君者在新英格兰受到了相当多的款待、资金和支持。殖民地管理者挫败了查理二世抓捕惠利和戈夫的企图。詹金森坚称，他们假装提供协助，但实际上串谋逃跑。这是因为他们中的大多数人对这两位弑君者的神圣风范印象深刻，同时也对试图在殖民地上维护王权的行为感到不满。
The book is divided into two distinct parts. Part I sets out the little that is known of their post-Restoration colonial lives, which turn out to be largely unremarkable. Despite their initial public welcome in Boston, after a bounty of£ 100 was placed on their heads Whalley and Goffe understandably kept a low profile. Jenkinson traces their movements across Massachusetts and Connecticut from Boston to Cambridge to Hartford, to New Haven and then to Milford and the remote Hadley, in their efforts to remain concealed from royal agents. Judge’s Cave at West Rock, near New Haven, was used intermittently as a hideout in 1661 and 1664. This associated their defiance with a major landmark for subsequent generations, inspiring commemorative graffiti, paintings and photographs. Goffe was previously thought to have died at Hadley, but Jenkinson’s new evidence suggests his last years were spent back in Hartford. He concludes that the regicides enjoyed considerable hospitality, funding and support in New England. Colonial administrators frustrated Charles II’s attempts to capture Whalley and Goffe. Jenkinson maintains they pretended to assist, but in fact colluded in their escape. This was because most of them were as impressed by the godly demeanour of the two regicides as they were resentful of attempts to assert Crown authority over the colonies.