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British politics in the age of Holmes : Geoffrey Holmes's British politics in the age of Anne : 40 years on / edited by Clyve Jones.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Parliamentary history ; v. 28, pt. 1.
- Parliamentary history ; v. 28, pt. 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Holmes, Geoffrey S., 1928- British politics in the age of Anne.
- Holmes, Geoffrey S.
- Holmes, Geoffrey S., 1928-.
- Great Britain. Parliament.
- Political parties.
- Historiography.
- Women--Political activity.
- Jacobites.
- Politics and government.
- Political and social views.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1702-1714.
- Great Britain.
- Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1665-1714.
- Anne.
- Holmes, Geoffrey S., 1928---Political and social views.
- Holmes, Geoffrey S., 1928---Influence.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1702-1714--Historiography.
- Great Britain. Parliament--Historiography.
- Jacobites--Historiography.
- Women--Political activity--Great Britain--Historiography.
- Women.
- Political parties--Great Britain--Historiography.
- Physical Description:
- x, 208 pages : portrait ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell for the Parliamentary History Yearbook Trust, [2009]
- Summary:
- When Geoffrey Holmes published British Politics in the Age of Anne in 1967 it was seen as a masterpiece of historical research and writing and quickly became the accepted interpretation of the politics of the early 18th century, displacing the previous one based on the methodology pioneered by Sir Lewis Namier. In 1987 a revised edition was published, and 20 years on from that a distinguished group of historians have come together to produce the articles in this volume looking at the various aspects of the book and assessing how Holmes's work has been taken up and developed in the various fields covered by him in British Politics and in some of his later writings. The present volume also takes some topics which Holmes only touched upon, such as gender, jacobite and urban history, to see how his influence has been felt in these fields.
- Contents:
- In no one's shadow : British politics in the age of Anne and the writing of the history of the House of Commons / D.W. Hayton ; with a postscript by W.A. Speck
- Geoffrey Holmes and the House of Lords reconsidered / Robin Eagles
- The nature of stability in the Augustan age / Richard Connors
- Jacobite politics in the age of Anne / Daniel Szechi
- Uncovering a Jacobite Whig? The commonwealth principles of Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington / Mark Knights
- 'Rendering the Union more complete' : the Squadrone Volante and the abolition of the Scottish Privy Council / Graham Townend
- Tom Wharton and the Whig junto : party leadership in late Stuart England / Geoffrey Holmes
- The clash of interests : commerce and the politics of trade in the age of Anne / Perry Gauci
- Geoffrey Holmes and the urban world of Augustan England / Peter Borsay
- 'Last of all the heavenly birth' : Queen Anne and sacral queenship / Hannah Smith
- 'Ladies are often very good scaffolding' : women and politics in the age of Anne / Elaine Chalus
- Geoffrey Holmes and the public sphere : Augustan historiography from post-Namierite to the post-Habermasian / Brian Cowan
- Party affiliation in the House of Lords in 1710 : a contemporary assessment / Clyve Jones
- The debate in the House of Lords on 'no peace without Spain,' 7 December 1711 : a new source / Clyve Jones.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781405193344
- 1405193344
- OCLC:
- 277118427
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