A Companion to Eighteenth-Century BritainH. T. Dickinson John Wiley & Sons, 2008 M04 15 - 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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... decade of the century) and, thereafter, the monarch had to accept bills passed by parliament. Despite these reductions in the prerogative powers of the crown, the monarch still possessed considerable political influence. The monarch was ...
... decade of the century) and, thereafter, the monarch had to accept bills passed by parliament. Despite these reductions in the prerogative powers of the crown, the monarch still possessed considerable political influence. The monarch was ...
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... decades of the eighteenth century). Some peers never attended because they were Catholics, too old and infirm, or too poor to afford the expense of another house in London. The highest recorded vote in the eighteenth century was when ...
... decades of the eighteenth century). Some peers never attended because they were Catholics, too old and infirm, or too poor to afford the expense of another house in London. The highest recorded vote in the eighteenth century was when ...
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Contents
Part II The Economy and Society | 125 |
Part III Religion | 223 |
Part IV Culture | 281 |
Part V Union and Disunion in the British Isles | 367 |
Part VI Britain and the Wider World | 429 |
Bibliography | 499 |
Index | 516 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | A Companion to Eighteenth-Century Britain Blackwell Companions to British History |
| Editor | H. T. Dickinson |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | John Wiley & Sons, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0470998873, 9780470998878 |
| Length | 592 pages |
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