Author: William III (king of Gt. Britain.)Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
Letters of William iii. and Louis xiv. and of their ministers; illustrative of the ... politics of England, 1697 to 1700, ed. by P. Grimblot
Author: William III (king of Gt. Britain.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 608
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War, Religion and Service
Author: Matthew GlozierPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351873881
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 551
Book Description
During the Glorious Revolution of 1688 Huguenot soldiers were at the forefront of William of Orange's army. Their role was an important one and they are, with justification, best remembered for this act among British historians and the public alike. Yet Huguenot soldiering existed long before this event, and French Protestants and their descendants featured prominently in European armies long afterwards. This volume is the first attempt to bring together in a scholarly study essays treating the Huguenots as soldiers in Europe and globally. Their story is often fascinating and sometimes poignant as they aided international Protestantism against Catholic foes across Europe and in the New World, while remaining 'under the cross' in their homeland of France. The book is divided into three sections, the first analysing the period prior to the 1685 Revocation of the Edict of Nantes which sealed their fate in France. Their role as mercenaries and freedom fighters receives attention, as does the complex political motivation that underscored their involvements abroad in the pre-Revocation era. Chapters examine the Huguenot rationale for foreign service and the dynamics of the Protestant international of which they were such a prominent part. Their role in European armies after that date is covered in the second section of the volume with a number of expert studies of Huguenot refugees in the armies of Britain, the Netherlands and Russia. A third section treats the Huguenot legacy, focusing on the aging generation of refugees and their descendants' contributions to the countries of their adoption. This book contains studies of the Huguenots serving in armies in various countries, and examines the lives and actions of a number of individual French refugee commanders who led armies consisting of their compatriots. By combining biographical studies of eminent figures with broader considerations of group experience, the volume presents a wide-ranging and thought provoking collection of material, making this the first study of its kind to consistently treat the military contribution made by the Huguenots to Europe at the high point of their importance as a historical group.
Letters of William the Third and Louis XIV. and of Their Ministers
Author: Paul Grimblot"No Standing Armies!"
Author: Lois G. SchwoererPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 142143220X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Originally published in 1974. In her study of primary materials in England and the United States, Schwoerer traces the origin, development, and articulation in both Parliament and in the popular press of the attitude opposing standing armies in seventeenth-century England and the American colonies. Central to the criticism of armies at that time was the conviction that ultimate military power should be vested in Parliament, not the Crown. Schwoerer shows how the many diverse elements of England's antimilitarism, including political principle, propaganda, parliamentary tactics, parochialism, and partisanship, hardened with every confrontation between the Crown or Protector and Parliament. The author finds a general predisposition to distrust professional soldiers early in the century, and from the 1620s onward she notes opposition to a standing army in times of peace. Highlighting the growth of the antimilitary tradition, Schwoerer traces the development of this attitude from the Petition of Right in 1628 to the 1641–1642 crisis over the Militia Bill/Ordinance, the military settlements of 1660 and 1689, and the climactic events of 1667–1699. Schwoerer shows how the anti-standing-army ideology affected the constitutional thinking of the American colonists and manifested itself in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. She addresses timeless questions of how to provide for a nation's defense while preserving individual liberty, citizen responsibility for military service, and the relationship of executive and legislative authority over the army.
The History of the Life and Reign of George IV.
Author: William WallaceSketches of Irish character. Illustr. ed
Author: Anna Maria HallCatalogue of English Books and of Works on England, Its Colonies, ... Offered by Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague
Author: Martinus Nijhoff ('s-Gravenhage)Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Memoirs of the Life and Reign of King George the Fourth
Author: Wi WallaceThe Gentleman's Magazine
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Early English newspapers
Languages : en
Pages : 1006
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