A Companion to Eighteenth-Century BritainH. T. Dickinson John Wiley & Sons, 2006 M06 23 - 592 pages This authoritative Companion introduces readers to the developments that lead to Britain becoming a great world power, the leading European imperial state, and, at the same time, the most economically and socially advanced, politically liberal and religiously tolerant nation in Europe.
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... Protestant Ascendancy ' , 1690–1760 Paddy McNally 32 Ireland : Radicalism , Rebellion and Union Martyn J. Powell PART VI BRITAIN AND THE WIDER WORLD 33 Britain's Emergence as a European Power , 1688–1815 H. M. Scott 34 Britain and the ...
... Protestant Ascendancy ' , 1690–1760 Paddy McNally 32 Ireland : Radicalism , Rebellion and Union Martyn J. Powell PART VI BRITAIN AND THE WIDER WORLD 33 Britain's Emergence as a European Power , 1688–1815 H. M. Scott 34 Britain and the ...
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