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Book Synopsis The History of England from the Accession of James II. by : Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay
Download or read book The History of England from the Accession of James II. written by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The History of England from the Accession of James the Second by : Thomas Babington Macaulay
Download or read book The History of England from the Accession of James the Second written by Thomas Babington Macaulay and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Macaulay and Son by : Catherine Hall
Download or read book Macaulay and Son written by Catherine Hall and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2012-09-14 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Babington Macaulay's History of England was a phenomenal Victorian best-seller which shaped much more than the literary culture of the times: it defined a nation's sense of self, charting the rise of the British Isles to its triumph as a homogenous nation, a safeguard of the freedom of belief and expression, and a central world power. In this book Catherine Hall explores the emotional, intellectual, and political roots of Thomas Macaulay's vision of England, tracing the influence of his father's career as a colonial governor and drawing illuminating comparisons between the two men.
Download or read book Civil War written by Peter Ackroyd and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-09-25 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Step into the tumultuous age of Stuart England with Peter Ackroyd's enlightening Civil War. Beginning with James I, the first Scottish king of England, it tracks an era of massive upheaval, ending with the dramatic flight of his grandson, James II, into exile. Civil War transports you to the heart of the 17th-century Britain, where you meet figures like James I with his shrewd perspectives on diverse matters, and Charles I, whose inept rule ignited the flames of the English Civil War. Ackroyd offers a brilliant – warts and all – portrayal of Charles's nemesis Oliver Cromwell, Parliament's great military leader and England's only dictator, who began his career as a political liberator but ended it as much of a despot as the king he executed. Beyond this political turmoil, Ackroyd also explores the rich cultural and literary contributions of the Jacobean era. This was a world where Shakespeare's masterpieces were penned, John Donne weaved his poetry and Thomas Hobbes crafted his philosophical marvel, Leviathan. Most importantly, get a glimpse of the extraordinary lives of common English men and women, their existence seeped in constant disruption and uncertainty. Civil War is a stirring account of a pivotal epoch, making it a must-read for history enthusiasts.
Book Synopsis The Army of James II, 1685-1688 by : Stephen Ede-Borrett
Download or read book The Army of James II, 1685-1688 written by Stephen Ede-Borrett and published by Century of the Soldier. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between James' accession in February 1685 and flight in December 1688 the British Armies increased four fold (the English, Scots and Irish Armies were still separate institutions and were to remain so until the early 18th Century, in the case of the Scots, and the early 19th Century in the case of the Irish); from a small force of little more than ceremonial and policing use to a fully-fledged Army with all of its necessary supporting arms and services. Respected historian Correlli Barnett wrote: "It might well be said that if the British royal standing army was in fact founded at one given time, it was between 1685 and 1688, and that James II was the army's creator." James himself said his Army had "...the reputation of being the best paid, the best equipped and the most sightly troops of any in Europe." At the time there were political complaints about illegality of a "new standing Army" with a "new Cromwellian military dictatorship" (and on a point of law a standing army was still illegal), in 1689 the new King, William III, kept James' Army in being and within a few years it was to become the Army which led the victories at Blenheim and elsewhere of the Great Duke of Marlborough, who had himself been a General in James' Army. It has been said that amongst William's reasons for accepting the British Crowns was a fear that the British Army would serve in alliance with Louis XIV against him. Despite this, James' part in the creation of the British Army is often deliberately overlooked or ignored. The political aspects of James' reign, and thus of the Army, are well covered in numerous works but this book looks at the creation of the enlarged Armies of England, Scotland and Ireland - their uniforms and flags, organization and weapons, their drill and their strength, their pay and their Staff. Researched primarily from contemporary documents and manuscripts, including those in the rarely accessed Royal Library at Royal Archives at Windsor, it will go a long way to restoring these years, and the last Stuart King, to their true importance in the creation of the British Army.
Book Synopsis The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688 by : David Hume
Download or read book The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688 written by David Hume and published by . This book was released on 1822 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Lord Macaulay's History of England by : Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay
Download or read book Lord Macaulay's History of England written by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History.
Book Synopsis The History of England from the Accession of James II. by : Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay
Download or read book The History of England from the Accession of James II. written by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A History of the Early Part of the Reign of James the Second by : Charles James Fox
Download or read book A History of the Early Part of the Reign of James the Second written by Charles James Fox and published by London : Printed for W. Miller, by W. Savage. This book was released on 1808 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Comic History of England by : Gilbert Abbott À Beckett
Download or read book The Comic History of England written by Gilbert Abbott À Beckett and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A'Beckett and Leech were original contributors to "Punch, or the London Charivari" magazine, established 1841. It became the famous "Punch" magazine and remained in publication to 2002. A'Beckett also wrote editorials for a similar concept magazine, "Figaro in London" that ceased publication in 1839. "In commencing this work, the object of the Author was, as he stated in the Prospectus, to blend amusement with instruction, by serving up, in as palatable a shape as he could, the facts of English History. He pledged himself not to sacrifice the substance to the seasoning; and though he has certainly been a little free in the use of his sauce, he hopes that he has not produced a mere hash on the present occasion. His object has been to furnish something which may be allowed to take its place as a standing at the library table, and which, though light, may not be found devoid of nutriment."--Preface.
Book Synopsis A Land of Liberty? by : Julian Hoppit
Download or read book A Land of Liberty? written by Julian Hoppit and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2000-06-22 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Glorious Revolution of 1688-9 was a decisive moment in England's history; an invading Dutch army forced James II to flee to France, and his son-in-law and daughter, William and Mary, were crowned as joint sovereigns. The wider consequences were no less startling: bloody war in Ireland, Union with Scotland, Jacobite intrigue, deep involvement in two major European wars, Britain's emergence as a great power, a 'financial revolution', greater religious toleration, a riven Church, and a startling growth of parliamentary government. Such changes were only part of the transformation of English society at the time. An enriching torrent of new ideas from the likes of Newton, Defoe, and Addison, spread through newspapers, periodicals, and coffee-houses, provided new views and values that some embraced and others loathed. England's horizons were also growing, especially in the Caribbean and American colonies. For many, however, the benefits were uncertain: the slave trade flourished, inequality widened, and the poor and 'disorderly' were increasingly subject to strictures and statutes. If it was an age of prospects it was also one of anxieties.
Book Synopsis The Early Stuarts, 1603-1660 by : Godfrey Davies
Download or read book The Early Stuarts, 1603-1660 written by Godfrey Davies and published by Oxford : Clarendon Press. This book was released on 1959 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The History of England: All Six Volumes by : David Hume
Download or read book The History of England: All Six Volumes written by David Hume and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2019-06-03 with total page 2494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eBook edition of "The History of England" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. The History of England is David Hume's great work on the history of England, which he wrote in while he was librarian to the Faculty of Advocates in Edinburgh. It was published in six volumes. The History spanned "from the invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688" and went through over 100 editions. Contents: The Britons. The Romans. The Britons. The Saxons. The Heptarchy The Kingdom of Kent The Kingdom of Northumberland The Kingdom of East Anglia The Kingdom of Mercia The Kingdom of Essex. The Kingdom of Sussex. The Kingdom of Wessex. Egbert. Ethelwolf. Ethelbald and Ethelbert. Ethered Alfred. Edward the Elder. Athelstan. Edmund. Edred Edwy Edgar Edward the Martyr Ethelred Edmond Ironside Canute Harold Harefoot Hardicanute Edward the Confessor Harold William the Conqueror. Henry III. Edward I. Edward II. Edward III. Richard II. Henry IV Henry V. Henry VI. Edward IV. Edward V. And Richard III. Richard III. William Rufus. Henry I. Stephen. Henry II. Richard I. John. The Feudal and Anglo-Norman Government and Manners Henry Vii. Henry Viii. Edward Vi. Mary. Elizabeth. James I. Charles I. The Commonwealth Charles II. James II.
Book Synopsis The History of England: Accession of James II -- I by : Baron Thomas Babington Macaulay
Download or read book The History of England: Accession of James II -- I written by Baron Thomas Babington Macaulay and published by anboco. This book was released on 2016-09-10 with total page 745 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I purpose to write the history of England from the accession of King James the Second down to a time which is within the memory of men still living. I shall recount the errors which, in a few months, alienated a loyal gentry and priesthood from the House of Stuart. I shall trace the course of that revolution which terminated the long struggle between our sovereigns and their parliaments, and bound up together the rights of the people and the title of the reigning dynasty. I shall relate how the new settlement was, during many troubled years, successfully defended against foreign and domestic enemies; how, under that settlement, the authority of law and the security of property were found to be compatible with a liberty of discussion and of individual action never before known; how, from the auspicious union of order and freedom, sprang a prosperity of which the annals of human affairs had furnished no example; how our country, from a state of ignominious vassalage, rapidly rose to the place of umpire among European powers; how her opulence and her martial glory grew together; how, by wise and resolute good faith, was gradually established a public credit fruitful of marvels which to the statesmen of any former age would have seemed incredible; how a gigantic commerce gave birth to a maritime power, compared with which every other maritime power, ancient or modern, sinks into insignificance; how Scotland, after ages of enmity, was at length united to England, not merely by legal bonds, but by indissoluble ties of interest and affection; how, in America, the British colonies rapidly became far mightier and wealthier than the realms which Cortes and Pizarro had added to the dominions of Charles the Fifth; how in Asia, British adventurers founded an empire not less splendid and more durable than that of Alexander... David Hume
Book Synopsis Macaulay: the Shaping of the Historian by : John Leonard Clive
Download or read book Macaulay: the Shaping of the Historian written by John Leonard Clive and published by New York : Knopf. This book was released on 1973 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Determined to be his own man, he had no sooner achieved financial and political security--in a lucrative post on the Governor-General's Council in India--than the relationship with his beloved sisters so necessary to his emotional security was destroyed. Here is the public Macaulay: cocksure and impetuous, a parvenu lacking the specific gravity of a statesman, and yet speaking out not only for freedom as an abstraction, but concretely for the rights of Jews, Roman Catholics and blacks; envisioning a potential beauty and splendor in industrialization; almost singlehandedly writing a penal code for India; becoming embroiled in the crucial controversy over Indian education (what should be taught and in what language); and forever leaving his mark on Anglo-Indian cultural relations--just as India left its mark on him.
Book Synopsis The History of England from the Accession of James II by : Thomas Babington Macaulay
Download or read book The History of England from the Accession of James II written by Thomas Babington Macaulay and published by Cosimo, Inc.. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perhaps the most famous example of the "Whig interpretation of history"-the idea that the human story has been inevitably destined for enlightenment, progress, and scientific truth-this five-volume work instantly revolutionized the British understanding of history when its first volume was published in 1848. Though not without its detractors-Karl Marx called author BARON THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY (1800-1859), an English politician and historian, "a systematic falsifier of history"-it nevertheless became a standard text, and one that is today required reading for anyone who wishes to explore changing values and ideals in historical scholarship. Volume I introduces the reader to Britain before James II, from life under the Romans and Saxons and the conversion to Christianity to the Monmouth Rebellion of Scotland in 1685 and James II's taking of the throne.
Book Synopsis A History of England in the Eighteenth Century by : William Edward Hartpole Lecky
Download or read book A History of England in the Eighteenth Century written by William Edward Hartpole Lecky and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
