UID:
edocfu_9960117709102883
Umfang:
1 online resource (viii, 508 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-107-37516-9
Serie:
Cambridge library collection. British & Irish history, 17th & 18th centuries
Inhalt:
A landmark in female historiography, this work first appeared in eight volumes between 1763 and 1783. Notable for her radical politics and her influence on American revolutionary ideology, Catharine Macaulay (1731-91) drew diligently on untapped seventeenth-century sources to craft her skilful yet inevitably biased narrative. Seen as a Whig response to David Hume's Tory perspective on English history, the early volumes made Macaulay a literary sensation in the 1760s. Later instalments were less rapturously received by those critics who took exception to her republican views. Both the product and a portrait of tumultuous ages, the work maintains throughout a strong focus on the fortunes of political liberty. Volume 2 (1765) opens in 1628 with the abortive English attempts to relieve the siege of La Rochelle. The volume concludes with the execution of the Earl of Strafford in 1641.
Anmerkung:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Sep 2016).
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Advertisement; Part II. Charles I (cont.): 1. Attempt to relieve La Rochelle; 2. The king's declaration; 3. The king's journey to Scotland; 4. Trial concerning ship-money; 5. State of religion in Scotland; 6. Parliament; Appendix.
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1-108-06757-3
Sprache:
Englisch
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