UID:
almafu_9960117709502883
Format:
1 online resource (xx, 439 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-107-37515-0
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. British & Irish history, 17th & 18th centuries
Content:
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 1 (1763) begins with the founding of the Stuart dynasty in 1603 and takes the narrative through to the reign of Charles I and the passing of the Petition of Right in 1628.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Sep 2016).
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Introduction; Part I. James I: 1. Accession of James; 2. Gun-powder plot; 3. Parliament; 4. Rise of Somerset; 5. Cautionary towns delivered; 6. Negotiations with Spain; 7. The unjust treatment of Sir Edward Coke; 8. Parliament; 9. State of the civil and ecclesiastical government of England at the accession of the Stewart family; Part II. Charles I: 1. Accession of Charles; 2. Violent measures of the court.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-108-06756-5
Language:
English
