The History of England from the Accession of James I to that of the Brunswick Line, Catharine Macaulay, Volume 5
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The History of England from the Accession of James I to that of the Brunswick Line, Catharine Macaulay, Volume 5
Language
eng
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The History of England from the Accession of James I to that of the Brunswick Line
Medium
electronic resource
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Oclc number
1097156283
Responsibility statement
Catharine Macaulay
Series statement
Cambridge library collection. British & Irish history, 17th & 18th centuriesCambridge Social Sciences eBooks
Summary
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 5 (1771) covers the momentous period following the execution of Charles I in 1649 through to the restoration of the monarchy in 1660.--, Provided by publisher
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From the death of Charles I to the Restoration of Charles II
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