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Armies and Political Change in Britain, 1660-1750 (Hardcover)
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Armies and Political Change in Britain, 1660-1750 (Hardcover)
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Armies and Political Change in Britain, 1660 -1750 argues that
armies had a profound impact on the major political events of late
seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century Britain. Beginning with
the controversial creation of a permanent army to protect the
restored Stuart monarchy, this original and important study
examines how armies defended or destroyed regimes during the
Exclusion Crisis, Monmouth's Rebellion, the Revolution of
1688-1689, and the Jacobite rebellions and plots of the post-1714
period, including the '15 and '45. Hannah Smith explores the
political ideas of 'common soldiers' and army officers and analyses
their political engagements in a divisive, partisan world. The
threat or hope of military intervention into politics preoccupied
the era. Would a monarch employ the army to circumvent parliament
and annihilate Protestantism? Might the army determine the
succession to the throne? Could an ambitious general use armed
force to achieve supreme political power? These questions troubled
successive generations of men and women as the British army
developed into a lasting and costly component of the state, and
emerged as a highly successful fighting force during the War of the
Spanish Succession. Armies and Political Change in Britain, 1660 -
1750 deploys an innovative periodization to explore significant
continuities and developments across the reigns of seven monarchs
spanning almost a century. Using a vivid and extensive array of
archival, literary, and artistic material, the volume presents a
striking new perspective on the political and military history of
Britain.
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