A Political Biography of John Toland

Informationen zum Autor Michael Brown Klappentext John Toland was notorious. A pamphleteer, a polemicist and a prankster of the first order, modern scholarship has struggled to position his writings within the debates of his day. This study is the first to fully recount his remarkable biography, situating his writings within the controversies that sparked and shaped them. Zusammenfassung John Toland was notorious. A pamphleteer! a polemicist and a prankster of the first order! modern scholarship has struggled to position his writings within the debates of his day. This study is the first to fully recount his remarkable biography! situating his writings within the controversies that sparked and shaped them. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: The Conspiratorial World of John Toland; Chapter 1 Ireland, 1670–97; Chapter 2 London, 1697–1700; Chapter 3 Hanover, 1701–7; Chapter 4 The Hague, 1708–10; Chapter 5 Epsom, 1711–16; Chapter 6 Putney, 1717–22;

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Michael Brown
• Verlag: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 15.01.2011
• EAN: 9781851969142
• ISBN: 978-1-85196-914-2
• Seiten: 256
• Serie: Eighteenth-Century Political Biographies
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, HISTORY / Europe / General, British & Irish history, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Biography: historical, political and military, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599