UID:
edocfu_9959226799102883
Format:
1 online resource (426 p.)
ISBN:
0-300-21296-8
Series Statement:
Yale English monarchs
Uniform Title:
George I, elector and king
Content:
In 1714 George Ludwig, the fifty-eight-year-old elector of Brunswick-Luneburg, became, as George I, the first of the Hanoverian dynasty to rule Britain. Until his death in 1727 George served as both elector of Hanover and British monarch. An enigmatic figure whose real character has long been concealed by anti-Hanoverian propaganda, George emerges in this groundbreaking biography as an impressive ruler who welcomed the responsibilities the accession brought him and set out to bring culture to what he considered the unsophisticated English nation.Ragnhild Hatton's biography is the only comprehensive account of George's life and reign. It draws on a wide range of archival sources in several languages to illuminate the fascinating details of George's early life and dynastic crises, his plans and ambitions for the British nation, the impact of his rationalist ideas, and his accomplishments as king. The book also examines the king's private life, his family relationships in both Prussia and England, his private interest in music and the arts, and the improvement of his British and Hanoverian properties.
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Description based upon print version of record.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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FOREWORD TO THE YALE EDITION --
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PREFACE --
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SPELLING OF NAMES AND PLACES --
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NOTE ON DATES --
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I. Parents and childhood --
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II. The electoral cap --
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III. Experience gained --
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IV. The royal crown --
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V. Settling down --
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VI. Two issues of principle --
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VII. Three crises --
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VIII. The watershed 1718- 21 --
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IX. Peace, its problems and achievements --
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X. Death of George I --
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BIBLIOGRAPHY --
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NOTES TO THE TEXT --
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GENEALOGICAL TABLES --
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MAP 1: George's Hanoverian dominions and the near neighbours of his electorate --
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MAP 2: Northern Europe --
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MAP 3: Southern Europe --
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INDEX
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-300-08883-3
Language:
English
DOI:
10.12987/9780300212969
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