Power and Politics in Old Regime France, 1720-1745, Campbell, Peter

Автор: Esposito Gabriele
Название: Armies of the Great Northern War 1700-1720
ISBN: 147283349X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781472833495
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Описание: The Great Northern War was a long series of campaigns in which Russia, linked with several other countries in temporary alliances, confronted and eventually replaced Sweden as the predominant power in Northern Europe. While contemporary with the Duke of Marlborough's pivotal campaigns against France, the Great Northern War was in fact more decisive, since it reshaped the Northern European power balance up to the eve of the Napoleonic Wars. It began with a series of astonishing Swedish victories lead by King Charles XII, from Denmark to Poland and deep into Germany.

But Peter the Great of Russia showed steadfast determination, and Charles overreached himself when he invaded Russia in 1708; the Russians adopted classic 'scorched earth' tactics until they could destroy the Swedish army at Poltava in 1709, one of the most overwhelming victories in history. Nevertheless, Sweden continued to fight, and frequently win, in Germany, Denmark and Norway, until Charles's death in battle in 1718, though the war itself did not conclude until 1721. This study explores, in detail, the numerous armies and complex alliances engaged in the war for Northern European dominance.

Containing accurate full-colour artwork and unrivalled detail, Armies of the Great Northern War offers a vivid insight into the troops which battled for control of the North.

Автор: Julian Gwyn
Название: Frigates and Foremasts: The North American Squadron in Nova Scotia Waters 1745-1815
ISBN: 0774809108 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780774809108
Издательство: Wiley EDC
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Описание: The first comprehensive study of naval operations involving NorthAmerican squadrons in Nova Scotia waters, Frigates andForemasts offers a masterful analysis of the motives behind thedeployment of Royal Navy vessels between 1745 and 1815, and thenavy’s role on the Western Atlantic. Interweaving historicalanalysis with vivid descriptions of pivotal events from the first siegeof Louisbourg in 1745 to the end of the wars with the United States andFrance in 1815, Julian Gwyn illuminates the complex story of competinginterests among the Admiralty, Navy Board, sea officers, and governmentofficials on both sides of the Atlantic.

Автор: Julian Gwyn
Название: Frigates and Foremasts: The North American Squadron in Nova Scotia Waters 1745-1815
ISBN: 0774809116 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780774809115
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Описание: The first comprehensive study of naval operations involving NorthAmerican squadrons in Nova Scotia waters, Frigates andForemasts offers a masterful analysis of the motives behind thedeployment of Royal Navy vessels between 1745 and 1815, and thenavy’s role on the Western Atlantic. Interweaving historicalanalysis with vivid descriptions of pivotal events from the first siegeof Louisbourg in 1745 to the end of the wars with the United States andFrance in 1815, Julian Gwyn illuminates the complex story of competinginterests among the Admiralty, Navy Board, sea officers, and governmentofficials on both sides of the Atlantic.

Автор: Stewart, Laura (birkbeck University Of London)
Название: Union, revolution and war
ISBN: 1474410170 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781474410175
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
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Union, war, conquest, revolution, attempted invasions, and armed rebellions: this was an eventful time even by the standards of Scotland’s turbulent history. At the same time, traditional notions of kinship and community came under strain as profound economic changes reshaped social relations and created new opportunities.

Автор: Paltsits Victor
Название: A Narrative of the Captivity of Nehemiah How in 1745-1747
ISBN: 0788440829 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780788440823
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The first depredation by the Indians in the Connecticut valley, during King Georges war, was on the Great Meadow. On October 11, 1745, 'Black Friday, ' Nehemiah How left the safety of the Great Meadow Fort (now Putney, Windham County, Vermont) to cut some wood and was captured by a party of Abenakis of St. Francis as he returned to the fort. His captors �continued northward until they arrived at Black River, in the environs of Fort No. 4, now Charlestown, N.H. They then struck out to cross the mountain wilderness of the present state of Vermont; probably came as far as what is now Larrabee's Point, opposite Fort Ticonderoga continued to Crown Point, and embarked for Quebec, through Lake Champlain and the rivers of Sorel and St. Lawrence. According to How's testimony in his pamphlet and his deposition at Quebec �he was not subjected to any severe cruelties by his Indian captors, who generally were kind to him. Nehemiah How gives an account of his journey to Canada, and his imprisonment there. How died in a prison in Quebec on May 25, 1747.

Автор: Stefano Condorelli, Daniel Menning
Название: Boom, Bust, and Beyond: New Perspectives on the 1720 Stock Market Bubble
ISBN: 3110590565 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783110590562
Издательство: Walter de Gruyter
Цена: 111510.00 T
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Описание: For the first time in history Europe was overtaken by a wave of stock-market speculation and joint-stock company promotion in 1719/20 – from Dublin to St. Petersburg and Stockholm to Naples. With the tercentenary in sight, a number of historians are conducting new research in the events, broadening the horizon of knowledge about the events and challenging traditional interpretations.

Автор: Tingle
Название: Purgatory and Piety in Brittany 1480–1720
ISBN: 113810745X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138107458
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: The concept of Purgatory was a central tenet of late-medieval and early-modern Catholicism, and proved a key dividing line between Catholics and Protestants. However, as this book makes clear, ideas about purgatory were often ill-defined and fluid, and altered over time in response to particular needs or pressures. Drawing upon printed pamphlets, tracts, advice manuals, diocesan statutes and other literary material, the study traces the evolution of writing and teaching about Purgatory and the fate of the soul between 1480 and 1720. By examining the subject across this extended period it is argued that belief in Purgatory continued to be important, although its role in the scheme of salvation changed over time, and was not a simply a story of inevitable decline. Grounded in a case study of the southern and western regions of the ancien regime province of Brittany, the book charts the nature and evolution of 'private' intercessory institutions, chantries, obits and private chapel foundation, and 'public' forms, parish provision, confraternities, indulgences and veneration of saints. In so doing it underlines how the huge popularity of post-mortem intercession underwent a serious and rapid decline between the 1550s and late 1580s, only to witness a tremendous resurgence in popularity after 1600, with traditional practices far outstripping the levels of usage of the early sixteenth century. Offering a fascinating insight into popular devotional practices, the book opens new vistas onto the impact of Catholic revival and Counter Reform on beliefs about the fate of the soul after death.

Автор: John C. Appleby
Название: Women and English Piracy, 1540-1720: Partners and Victims of Crime
ISBN: 1783270187 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781783270187
Издательство: Boydell & Brewer
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Описание: Drawing on a wide body of evidence, the book argues that the support of women was vital to the persistence of piracy around the British Isles at least until the early seventeenth century. The emergence of long-distance and globalized predation had far reaching consequences for female agency.

Автор: E. Merton Coulter
Название: The Journal of William Stephens, 1743-1745
ISBN: 0820353515 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780820353517
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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William Stephens was Secretary of the Province of Georgia from 1737 to 1750 and was President from 1741 for ten years. He was sent to America by the Trustees of Georgia, who resided in London, to keep them informed on conditions in the colony. Besides writing numerous letters to the Trustees, Stephens kept a journal which he sent to them periodically. The journal down to 1741 was printed by the Trustees. Here in this volume (and the volume for 1741-1743) the continuation of the journal is published for the first time.

Through his journal Stephens undertook to inform the Trustees of everything which happened in Georgia, from the most trivial to the most important. This close-up view of Georgia, the details of the everyday life of the people, and the record of significant development in the colony all make his journal a valuable document in American colonial history.

Автор: Watts
Название: A Social History of Western Europe, 1450-1720
ISBN: 1138744964 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138744967
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Описание: This thoroughly readable and stimulating social history of Western Europe, first published in 1984, explores the family, religion and the supernatural, and the social structure and social controls of rural society.

Автор: Cameron
Название: Crime and Repression in the Auvergne and the Guyenne, 1720-1790
ISBN: 0521073839 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521073837
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: The book is a study of the police and criminal justice in eighteenth-century France, and of the crimes and disorders the authorities had to contain. It is concerned with two provinces - the Auvergne, in the mountainous centre, and the Guyenne, the hinterland of Bordeaux.

Автор: Elizabeth C. Tingle
Название: Purgatory and Piety in Brittany 1480–1720
ISBN: 1409438236 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781409438236
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Описание: The concept of Purgatory was a central tenet of late-medieval and early-modern Catholicism, and proved a key dividing line between Catholics and Protestants. This book states that ideas about purgatory were often ill-defined and fluid, and altered over time in response to particular needs or pressures.