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Presenting the correspondence of The Brodricks, who originated in
Surrey and established themselves in Ireland, in County Cork, in
the mid-17th century, and were among the most important Anglo-Irish
political families in the reigns of the later Stuarts and early
Hanoverians. Comprises letters between Alan Brodrick (1656-1728)
and his brother Thomas (1654-1730) who emerged as leading figures
in the Irish parliament, at the forefront of a political interest
which associated itself with the whig party in England Includes
correspondence with other members of their immediate family,
providing a wealth of detailed commentary on political events in
Ireland and England, both national and local A collection largely
untouched by historians until deposited with the Surrey Record
Office (now the Surrey History Centre) in the 1970s, when its
enormous value came to be appreciated by researchers seeking to
understand Irish political history in the decades following the
Glorious Revolution Covers the immediate aftermath of the
Hanoverian succession, with the establishment of a 'whig
ascendancy' in Ireland and the growing divisions between whig
factions in both Ireland and England The crisis over the South Sea
Bubble also forms a major theme, with Thomas Brodrick achieving
national prominence in Britain as the chairman of the parliamentary
committee of inquiry into alleged ministerial corruption
Essays offer a chronological survey of the development of English
policy towards Ireland in the late 17th - early 18th century. In a
series of studies, David Hayton offers a comprehensive account of
the government of Ireland during the period of transformation from
"New English" colonialism to Anglo-Irish "patriotism", providing a
chronological survey of the development of English policy towards
Ireland and an account of the changing political structure of
Ireland; particular attention is paid to the emergence of an
English-style party system under Queen Anne. The Anglo-Irish
dimension is also explored, through crises of high politics, and
through an examination of the role played by Irish issues at
Westminster. In his introduction Professor Hayton provides
historical perspective, and establishes Irish political
developments firmly in their British context. Professor D.W. HAYTON
is Reader in Modern History at Queen's University, Belfast.
This collection of Daniel Defoe's travel and historical writings
reveal the range of his intellectual interests. His "Tour thro' the
Whole Island of Great Britain", which came out between 1724 and
1726, drew on Defoe's travels throughout England and Scotland -
often as a political agent and spy.
This collection of Daniel Defoe's travel and historical writings
reveal the range of his intellectual interests. His "Tour thro' the
Whole Island of Great Britain", which came out between 1724 and
1726, drew on Defoe's travels throughout England and Scotland -
often as a political agent and spy.
This collection of Daniel Defoe's travel and historical writings
reveal the range of his intellectual interests. His "Tour thro' the
Whole Island of Great Britain", which came out between 1724 and
1726, drew on Defoe's travels throughout England and Scotland -
often as a political agent and spy.
This collection of Daniel Defoe's travel and historical writings
reveal the range of his intellectual interests. His "Tour thro' the
Whole Island of Great Britain", which came out between 1724 and
1726, drew on Defoe's travels throughout England and Scotland -
often as a political agent and spy.
This collection gathers together a number of Daniel Defoe's
non-fiction writings on political and economic issues. The
selection is designed to reflect the numerous facets of Defoe's
economic and political thought. Each of the eight volumes includes
an introduction.
This collection gathers together a number of Daniel Defoe's
non-fiction writings on political and economic issues. The
selection is designed to reflect the numerous facets of Defoe's
economic and political thought. Each of the eight volumes includes
an introduction.
This collection gathers together a number of Daniel Defoe's
non-fiction writings on political and economic issues. The
selection is designed to reflect the numerous facets of Defoe's
economic and political thought. Each of the eight volumes includes
an introduction.
This collection gathers together a number of Daniel Defoe's
non-fiction writings on political and economic issues. The
selection is designed to reflect the numerous facets of Defoe's
economic and political thought. Each of the eight volumes includes
an introduction.
This collection gathers together a number of Daniel Defoe's
non-fiction writings on political and economic issues. The
selection is designed to reflect the numerous facets of Defoe's
economic and political thought. Each of the eight volumes includes
an introduction.
This collection gathers together a number of Daniel Defoe's
non-fiction writings on political and economic issues. The
selection is designed to reflect the numerous facets of Defoe's
economic and political thought. Each of the eight volumes includes
an introduction.
This collection gathers together a number of Daniel Defoe's
non-fiction writings on political and economic issues. The
selection is designed to reflect the numerous facets of Defoe's
economic and political thought. Each of the eight volumes includes
an introduction.
This collection gathers together a number of Daniel Defoe's
non-fiction writings on political and economic issues. The
selection is designed to reflect the numerous facets of Defoe's
economic and political thought. Each of the eight volumes includes
an introduction.
Sir Richard Cocks, a Gloucestershire country gentleman, was a new
and enthusiastic member of the Parliament which began in 1698. His
diary is the only substantial parliamentary diary yet to have been
discovered between Narcissus Luttrell and Anchitell Grey's reports
of debates in the early 1690s and Sir Edward Knatchbull's in the
1720s. It covers the four parliamentary sessions of 1698-1702, in
which vital questions of state were decided and significant
developments took place in the evolution of English party politics.
Cocks showed keen appreciation of the drama and significance of the
events of which he was a witness and his diary offers a unique
insight into events in the Commons. Unlike other diarists, he also
showed a keen interest in the details of parliamentary procedure.
This important journal, previously unpublished, has now been
meticulously edited by D. W. Hayton. Fully annotated, with a
detailed introduction and appendices, it is a major source for the
political and parliamentary history of the period.
The essays in this collection, a special issue of Parliamentary
History published to mark the fortieth volume of the journal,
examine the different ways in which historians have understood and
interpreted the history of parliament since the mid 19th century.
Beginning with the work of Bishop William Stubbs, the doyen of
modern parliamentary historians, and including such significant
figures as A.F. Pollard, Lewis Namier and G.R. Elton, down to the
historians of our own time, among whom may be found two practising
politicians of very different stripes, Conor Cruise O'Brien and
Enoch Powell The intention is not to attempt a comprehensive
account of the historiography of British parliamentary
institutions, but to focus on particular individuals and particular
phases in the development of the subject The 13 contributors take
different approaches, some examining the work of a single historian
or group of historians, others surveying the historiographical
landscape more broadly The essays not only explore the major issues
which have exercised the minds of scholars involved in the writing
of parliamentary history, but also reappraise important figures and
make suggestions as to the directions in which future writing on
the history of parliament might develop Topics covered venture
beyond Westminster, to include both Scottish and Irish
parliamentary history, both of which have always formed an
important element in the remit of the journal
First published in 1979 as a tribute to the late Professor J.C.
Beckett, this volume of original essays on the history of
18th-century Ireland was conceived both as an exercise in revision,
challenging accepted orthodoxies, and as an attempt to open up new
areas of study in a period grown stale with competing cliches: the
"penal era" for Catholic Ireland which was also the "golden age" of
Protestant Ascendancy. As a collection, these essays may fairly be
said to have inaugurated a new era in the writing of 18th-century
Irish history, as well as launching the careers of a generation of
young scholars, a number of whom have gone on to establish
themselves as leading authorities in the period. 25 years on, the
volume still stands as a landmark, the impact and freshness of the
essays undiminished.
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