The History of England from the Accession of James I to that of the Brunswick Line 8 Volume Set Mixed media product
by Catharine Macaulay
Part of the Cambridge Library Collection - British & Irish History, 17th & 18th Centuries series
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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.
Beginning with the founding of the dynasty in 1603, Macaulay paints a particularly vivid picture of Stuart tyranny under Charles I.
Later volumes go on to cover the English Civil War, the Commonwealth, the Restoration and the Glorious Revolution.
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- Pages:3676 pages, 1 Plates, black and white
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:19/09/2013
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- ISBN:9781108067645
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Mixed media product
- Pages:3676 pages, 1 Plates, black and white
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:19/09/2013
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- ISBN:9781108067645
