Armies and Political Change in Britain, 1660-1750

Armies and Political Change in Britain, 1660 - 1750 explores significant continuities and developments in the armed forces across the reigns of seven monarchs, using a vivid and extensive array of archival, literary, and artistic material to present a new perspective on the political and military history of Britain.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: The Restoration of Crown and Church, 1660-1670


• 2: Popery, Arbitrary Government, and War, 1670-1678


• 3: The Disputed Succession, 1678-1685


• 4: Revolutions, 1685-1689


• 5: War and Peace, 1689-1702


• 6: The War of Succession, 1702-1714


• 7: Defending and Disputing the Rival Kings, 1714-1750


• 8: Oligarchy and Opposition, 1714-1750


• Conclusion

About the author

Hannah Smith is a Tutor and Fellow of St Hilda's College, Oxford and Associate Professor in Early Modern British History, University of Oxford. She studied at Newnham College, Cambridge where she also held a Junior Research Fellowship, and was an RCUK Academic Fellow at the University of Hull. She was awarded a Philip Leverhulme Prize in 2008. Her first book was Georgian monarchy: politics and culture, 1714-1760 (2006). She has also co-edited two books, Civilians and war in Europe, 1618-1815 (2012) and Religion and women in Britain, 1660-1760 (2014) and published several articles and essays.

Summary

Armies and Political Change in Britain, 1660 - 1750 explores significant continuities and developments in the armed forces across the reigns of seven monarchs, using a vivid and extensive array of archival, literary, and artistic material to present a new perspective on the political and military history of Britain.

Product details

• Authors: Smith , Hannah Smith, Hannah (Associate Professor in Early Modern Smith, Hannah (Associate Professor in Early Modern British History Smith
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2021
• EAN: 9780198851998
• ISBN: 978-0-19-885199-8
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; England, European History, military history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), British & Irish history, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, C 1600 To C 1700, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), English Civil War, Civil wars, HISTORY / Military / Early Modern Warfare (1500-1800), HISTORY / Military / Civil Wars