Author: Christopher Alexander MarkhamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 330
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The History of the Northamptonshire & Rutland Militia
Author: Christopher Alexander MarkhamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Memoirs and records of the Northamptonshire & Rutland militia, together with a brief outline of the origin and history of the militia forces of Great Britain to the present time, by the captain of no. 1 company
Author: Robert James D'ArcyHistory of the Northamptonshire Regiment: 1742-1934, by R. Gurney
Author: Records of the Services of the Northamptonshire and Rutland Militia from 1756 to 1889
Author: Embodying the Militia in Georgian England
Author: Matthew McCormackPublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191008664
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
The militia was a key institution in Georgian England, and arguably one that was very characteristic of its age. A 'militia' is an informal military organisation made up of part-time civilians rather than professionals. As an island, Britain had historically relied on forces of this type for home defence, but threats of a French invasion during the Seven Years War (1756-63) highlighted that the militia had fallen into disrepair and prompted calls for its revival. In this important new study, Matthew McCormack re-examines the debates on the militia, and argues that this military reform was informed and driven by concerns about politics, nationalism, and gender. The militia tells us a great deal about the political culture of the eighteenth century, which was suspicious of professional armies and executive power, and which placed great emphasis on the liberties and masculine attributes of the ordinary citizen. Its advocates even suggested that mass military service would prompt a reinvigoration of English masculinity. The Militia Act passed into law in 1757. From this date until the New Militia's slow demise after the Napoleonic Wars, Embodying the Militia in Georgian England considers civilian men's experience of military service. How was the militia 'embodied' - both in the contemporary sense of assembling for service, and also as a gendered bodily experience? Chapters explore questions such as physical training, masculine honour, material culture, self-identity, and citizenship. As such, the volume's interdisciplinary approaches offer new perspectives on the history of war.
A Bibliography of Regimental Histories of the British Army
Author: Arthur S. WhitePublisher: Andrews UK Limited
ISBN: 178150539X
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
This is one of the most valuable books in the armoury of the serious student of British Military history. It is a new and revised edition of Arthur White's much sought-after bibliography of regimental, battalion and other histories of all regiments and Corps that have ever existed in the British Army. This new edition includes an enlarged addendum to that given in the 1988 reprint. It is, quite simply, indispensible.
The English Militia in the Eighteenth Century
Author: J. R. WesternPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1003816169
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 535
Book Description
First published in 1965, The English Militia in the Eighteenth Century directs light on English politics and government, through studying the militia, from the Restoration to the days of the younger Pritt. The militia occupied a significant place both in the quarrels between king and parliament in the later seventeenth century and in the struggle for power between the elder Pitt and the Duke of Newcastle. Raised and officered by the county and parish authorities, its maintenance constantly posed the problem of how to harness the machinery of local government to national purposes. The gentry had to be induced to help and the militia, like other institutions national and local, was shaped by the fashion and extent to which they responded. The book will be of interest to students of history, political science, and literature.
Militia Lists and Musters, 1757-1876
Author: Jeremy Sumner Wycherley GibsonPublisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 9780806316765
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 58
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Northamptonshire Militia Lists 1777
Author: Victor A. HatleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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The Rutland Magazine and County Historical Record
Author: G. PhillipsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rutland, Eng. (County)
Languages : en
Pages : 338
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