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The History of England from the Accession of James I to that of the Brunswick Line

The History of England from the Accession of James I to that of the Brunswick Line

The History of England from the Accession of James I to that of the Brunswick Line

Volume 2:
Catharine Macaulay
September 2013
2
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Paperback
9781108067577
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    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.

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    September 2013
    Paperback
    9781108067577
    522 pages
    254 × 178 × 27 mm
    0.9kg
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • 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.
      Author
    • Catharine Macaulay