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Author : John Childs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Generals
ISBN : 1474210694
Author : John Childs
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781441123923
General Percy Kirke (c. 1647-91) is remembered in Somerset as a cruel, vicious thug who deluged the region in blood after the Battle of Sedgemoor in 1685. He is equally notorious in Northern Ireland. Appointed to command the expedition to raise the Siege of Londonderry in 1689, his assumed treachery nearly resulted in the city's fall and he was made to look ridiculous when the blockade was eventually lifted by a few sailors in a rowing boat. Yet Kirke was closely involved in some of the most important events in British and Irish history. He served as the last governor of the colony of Tangier; played a central role in facilitating the Glorious Revolution of 1688; and fought in the majority of the principal actions and campaigns undertaken by the newly-formed standing armies in England, Ireland and Scotland, especially the Battle of the Boyne and the first Siege of Limerick in 1689. With the aid of his own earlier work in the field, additional primary sources and a recently-rediscovered letter book, John Childs looks beyond the fictionalisation of Kirke, most notably by R. D. Blackmore in Lorna Doone, to investigate the historical reality of his career, character, professional competence, politics and religion. As well as offering fresh, detailed narratives of such episodes as Monmouth's Rebellion, the conspiracies in 1688 and the Siege of Londonderry, this pioneering biography also presents insights into contemporary military personnel, patronage, cliques and procedures.
Author : Ian F. W. Beckett
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473856653
What exactly is military history? Forty years ago it meant battles, campaigns, great commanders, drums and trumpets. It was largely the preserve of military professionals and was used to support national history and nationalism. Now, though, the study of war has been transformed by the war and society approach, by the examination of identity, memory and gender, and a less Euro-centric and more global perspective. Generally it is recognised that war and conflict must be integrated into the wider narrative of historical development, and this is why Ian Becketts research guide is such a useful tool for anyone working in this growing field. It introduces students to all the key debates, issues and resources. While European and global perspectives are not neglected, there is an emphasis on the British experience of war since 1500. This survey of British military history will be essential reading and reference for anyone who has a professional or amateur interest in the subject, and it will be a valuable introduction for newcomers to it.
Author : Francis Lieber,G. Norman Lieber
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-23
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780300245189
A Civil War-era treatise addressing the power of governments in moments of emergency The last work of Abraham Lincoln’s law of war expert Francis Lieber was long considered lost—until Will Smiley and John Fabian Witt discovered it in the National Archives. Lieber’s manuscript on emergency powers and martial law addresses important contemporary debates in law and political philosophy and stands as a significant historical discovery. As a key legal advisor to the Lincoln White House, Columbia College professor Francis Lieber was one of the architects and defenders of Lincoln’s most famous uses of emergency powers during the Civil War. Lieber’s work laid the foundation for rules now accepted worldwide. In the years after the war, Lieber and his son turned their attention to the question of emergency powers. The Liebers’ treatise addresses a vital question, as prominent since 9/11 as it was in Lieber’s lifetime: how much power should the government have in a crisis? The Liebers present a theory that aims to preserve legal restraint, while giving the executive necessary freedom of action. Smiley and Witt have written a lucid introduction that explains how this manuscript is a key discovery in two ways: both as a historical document and as an important contribution to the current debate over emergency powers in constitutional democracies.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 830 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Massachusetts
ISBN : WISC:89081202418
Author : George Macaulay Trevelyan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1929
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : STANFORD:36105025619151
Author : George Macaulay Trevelyan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1926
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : UCR:31210003978325
Author : Joseph Haydn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1851
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : STANFORD:36105039031153
Author : Warren Hasty Carroll
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2006-03
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015063320587
Chronicles developments in Christianity and the Catholic Curch, the papacy and its place in world history from 1661 to 1815, focusing in particular on the Church in France from the French Revolution through the rule of Napoleon.
Author : Peter Le Fevre,Richard Harding
Publisher : Bloomsbury Academic
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015049698395
Although Nelson dominates the naval history of the late eighteenth century, in many respects his achievements marked the culmination of a developing tactical tradition in the Royal Navy. The contribution of his predecessors has been neglected, however, largely because so few admirals have received proper modern study. This volume sets out to adjust the record by providing a series of in-depth biographical essays of the most important figures, each written by a specialist in the field.
Author : Sir William Clarke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : UCSD:31822006377253
Author : Linda Levy Peck
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 641 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2003-08-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134870417
This wide-ranging volume goes to the heart of the revisionist debate about the crisis of government that led to the English Civil War. The author tackles questions about the patronage that structured early modern society, arguing that the increase in royal bounty in the early seventeenth century redefined the corrupt practices that characterized early modern administration.
Author : Ana Sáez-Hidalgo,Berta Cano Echevarría
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004438040
Exile, Diplomacy and Texts offers an interdisciplinary narrative of religious, political, and diplomatic exchanges between early modern Iberia and the British Isles during a period uniquely marked by inconstant alliances and corresponding antagonisms. Such conditions notwithstanding, the essays in this volume challenge conventionally monolithic views of confrontation, providing – through fresh examination of exchanges of news, movements and interactions of people, transactions of books and texts – new evidence of trans-national and trans-cultural conversations between British and Irish communities in the Iberian Peninsula, and of Spanish and Portuguese ‘others’ travelling to Britain and Ireland. Contributors: Berta Cano-Echevarría, Rui Carvalho Homem, Mark Hutchings, Thomas O’Connor, Susana Oliveira, Tamara Pérez-Fernández, Glyn Redworth, Marta Revilla-Rivas, and Ana Sáez-Hidalgo.
Author : Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2018-11-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9788026897866
"This Country of Ours" is a collection of extraordinary stories from the history of the United States beginning with accounts of exploration and settlement and ending with the presidency of Woodrow Wilson. This is a book which when you lay it down will make you say, "I'm glad that I was born an American." Contents: Stories of Explorers and Pioneers How the Vikings of Old Sought and Found New Lands The Sea of Darkness and the Great Faith of Columbus How Columbus Fared Forth Upon the Sea of Darkness and Came to Pleasant Lands Beyond How Columbus Returned in Triumph How America Was Named How the Flag of England Was Planted on the Shores of the New World How the Flag of France Was Planted in Florida How the French Founded a Colony in Florida How the Spaniards Drove the French Out of Florida How a Frenchman Avenged the Death of His Countrymen The Adventures of Sir Humphrey Gilbert About Sir Walter Raleigh's Adventures in the Golden West Stories of Virginia The Adventures of Captain John Smith More Adventures of Captain John Smith How the Colony Was Saved How Pocahontas Took a Journey Over the Seas How the Redmen Fought Against Their White Brothers How Englishmen Fought a Duel With Tyranny The Coming of the Cavaliers Bacon's Rebellion The Story of the Knights of the Golden Horseshoe Stories of New England The Story of the Pilgrim Fathers The Founding of Massachusetts The Story of Harry Vane The Story of Anne Hutchinson and the Founding of Rhode Island The Founding of Harvard How Quakers First Came to New England How Maine and New Hampshire Were Founded The Founding of Connecticut and War With the Indians The Founding of New Haven The Hunt for the Regicides King Philip's War How the Charter of Connecticut Was Saved The Witches of Salem Stories of the Middle and Southern Colonies Stories of the French in America Stories of the Struggle for Liberty The Boston Tea-party Stories of the United States Under the Constitution
Author : Andrew Delahunty
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114360626
From the affectionate and humorous to the derogatory and vitriolic, this scintillating collection of nicknames brings together famous people, places, events, and organizations with the nicknames that epitomize them. This brand new dictionary identifies and explains the origins of over 1,800 nicknames from contemporary and historical culture. The coverage is international and ranges from Buffalo Bill to Flo Jo to Dubya and from Silicon Valley to the Nutmeg State. Arranged alphabetically and including appendices listing groups of nicknames, a General Index, and a Thematic Index, The Oxford Dictionary of Nicknames is perfect browsing material for the general reader and the popular culture buff, and an ideal reference for anyone researching the identity and background of famous figures and places.
