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The History of England from the Accession of James I to that of the Brunswick Line 8 Volume Set (Cambridge Library Collection - British & Irish History, 17th & 18th Centuries)
Catharine Macaulay
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paperback. A landmark in female historiography, this eight-volume work (1763-83) traces and champions English political liberty during the seventeenth century. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 17th and 18th Centuries. Num Pages: 3676 pages, 1 b/w illus. BIC Classification: HBJD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 267. Weight in Grams: 6340.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cambridge Library Collection United Kingdom
Number of pages
3676
Condition
New
Series
Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 17th and 18th Centuries
Format
Paperback
Number of Pages
3676
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781108067645
SKU
V9781108067645
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