Author: George RobertsPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 368
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The Life Progresses and Rebellion of James, 1
Author: George RobertsThe Life, Progresses, and Rebellion of James, Duke of Monmouth
Author: George RobertsPublisher:
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Category : Bloody Assizes, 1685
Languages : en
Pages : 368
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The life, progresses and rebellion of James Duke of Monmouth & to his capture and execution
Author: George RobertsThe life, progresses, and rebellion of James, duke of Monmouth
Author: George RobertsPublisher:
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Category : Bloody Assizes, 1685
Languages : en
Pages : 370
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Treason and Rebellion in the British Atlantic, 1685-1800
Author: Peter RushtonPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350005320
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
This book examines internal political conflicts in the British Empire within the legal framework of treason and sedition. The threat of treason and rebellion pervaded the British Atlantic in the 17th and 18th centuries; Britain's control of its territories was continually threatened by rebellion and war, both at home and in North America. Even after American independence, Britain and its former colony continued to be fearful that opposition and revolution might follow the French example, and both took legal measures to control both speech and political action. This study places these conflicts within a political and legal framework of the laws of treason and sedition as they developed in the British Atlantic. The treason laws originated in the reign of Edward III, and were adapted and modified in the 16th and 17th centuries. They were exported to the colonies, where they underwent both adaptation and elaboration in application in the slave societies as well as those dominated by free settlers. Relationships with natives and European rivals in the Americas affected the definitions of treason in practice, and the divided loyalties of the American revolutionary war added further problems of defining loyalty and treachery. Treason and Rebellion in the British Atlantic, 1685-1800 offers a new study of treason and sedition in the period by placing them in a truly transatlantic perspective, making it a valuable study for those interested in the legal and political of Britain's empire and 18th-century revolutions.
Catalogue of the Library
Author: Hispanic Society of America LibraryPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 836
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Catalogue of the Library of the Reform Club
Author: Reform club, London. LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Manuscripts
Languages : en
Pages : 828
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Life and Progress in Australasia
Author: Michael DavittPublisher: London : Methuen
ISBN:
Category : Australasia
Languages : en
Pages : 512
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Wages of Rebellion
Author: Chris HedgesPublisher: Bold Type Books
ISBN: 1568584903
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Revolutions come in waves and cycles. We are again riding the crest of a revolutionary epic, much like 1848 or 1917, from the Arab Spring to movements against austerity in Greece to the Occupy movement. In Wages of Rebellion, Chris Hedges -- who has chronicled the malaise and sickness of a society in terminal moral decline in his books Empire of Illusion and Death of the Liberal Class -- investigates what social and psychological factors cause revolution, rebellion, and resistance. Drawing on an ambitious overview of prominent philosophers, historians, and literary figures he shows not only the harbingers of a coming crisis but also the nascent seeds of rebellion. Hedges' message is clear: popular uprisings in the United States and around the world are inevitable in the face of environmental destruction and wealth polarization. Focusing on the stories of rebels from around the world and throughout history, Hedges investigates what it takes to be a rebel in modern times. Utilizing the work of Reinhold Niebuhr, Hedges describes the motivation that guides the actions of rebels as "sublime madness" -- the state of passion that causes the rebel to engage in an unavailing fight against overwhelmingly powerful and oppressive forces. For Hedges, resistance is carried out not for its success, but as a moral imperative that affirms life. Those who rise up against the odds will be those endowed with this "sublime madness." From South African activists who dedicated their lives to ending apartheid, to contemporary anti-fracking protests in Alberta, Canada, to whistleblowers in pursuit of transparency, Wages of Rebellion shows the cost of a life committed to speaking the truth and demanding justice. Hedges has penned an indispensable guide to rebellion.
A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors, Living and Deceased
Author: Samuel Austin AllibonePublisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1340
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