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
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USDA 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 6 (1781) covers the reign of Charles II up to the end of the Third Anglo-Dutch War in 1674.
Product details
September 2013Paperback
9781108067614
444 pages
254 × 178 × 23 mm
0.77kg
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- Advertisement
- Part IV. Charles II:
- 1. New ministry
- 2. Presbyterian neglected
- 3. Charles favours the French interest
- 4. Triple league
- 5. Imminent danger of the Dutch.
