wyszukanych pozycji: 7
Revolutionary England and the National Covenant: State Oaths, Protestantism and the Political Nation, 1553-1682
ISBN: 9781843831181 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This book studies the oaths and covenants taken during the late sixteenth to the late seventeenth century, a time of great religious and political upheaval, assessing their effect and importance. From the reign of Mary I to the Exclusion crisis, Protestant writers argued that England was a nation in covenant with God and urged that the country should renew its contract with the Lord through taking solemn oaths. In so doing, they radically modified understandings of monarchy, political allegiance and the royal succession. During the civil war, the tendering of oaths of allegiance, the...
This book studies the oaths and covenants taken during the late sixteenth to the late seventeenth century, a time of great religious and political uph...
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417,35 zł |
Remembering Early Modern Revolutions: England, North America, France and Haiti
ISBN: 9781138887701 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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198,19 zł |
A Radical History Of Britain: Visionaries, Rebels and Revolutionaries - the men and women who fought for our freedoms
ISBN: 9780349120263 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 646 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) From medieval Runnymede to twentieth-century Jarrow, from King Alfred to George Orwell by way of John Lilburne and Mary Wollstonecraft, a rich and colourful thread of radicalism runs through a thousand years of British history. In this fascinating study, Edward Vallance traces a national tendency towards revolution, irreverence and reform wherever it surfaces and in all its variety. He unveils the British people who fought and died for religious freedom, universal suffrage, justice and liberty - and shows why, now more than ever, their heroic achievements must be celebrated.
Beginning... From medieval Runnymede to twentieth-century Jarrow, from King Alfred to George Orwell by way of John Lilburne and Mary Wollstonecraft, a rich and col...
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77,04 zł |
Remembering Early Modern Revolutions: England, North America, France and Haiti
ISBN: 9781138887695 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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704,29 zł |
Loyalty, Memory and Public Opinion in England, 1658-1727
ISBN: 9780719097034 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This book makes an important contribution to the ongoing debate over the emergence of an early modern 'public sphere'. Focusing on the petition-like form of the loyal address, it argues that these texts helped to foster a politically aware public by mapping shifts in the national 'mood'. -- .
This book makes an important contribution to the ongoing debate over the emergence of an early modern 'public sphere'. Focusing on the petition-like f...
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466,78 zł |
Glorious Revolution: 1688: Britain's Fight for Liberty
ISBN: 9781605980348 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In 1688 a group of politicians invited the Dutch prince William of Orange over to England to challenge the rule of the Catholic James II. When James' army deserted him he fled to France, leaving the throne open to William. Vallance challenges the view that this was a bloodless coup in the name of progress.
In 1688 a group of politicians invited the Dutch prince William of Orange over to England to challenge the rule of the Catholic James II. When James' ...
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99,71 zł |
Faith, Place and People in Early Modern England: Essays in Honour of Margaret Spufford
ISBN: 9781783272907 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. A collection that celebrates the research of Margaret Spufford, a "game-changing" historian who shifted the focus away from the political and social elite in urban communities to the "other 98%" in local and rural areas.
A collection that celebrates the research of Margaret Spufford, a "game-changing" historian who shifted the focus away from the political and social e...
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417,35 zł |