Transactions of the Royal Historical Society: Volume 10: Sixth Series (Royal Historical Society Transactions, Series Number 10) - Hardcover

Royal Historical Society

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521793521 ISBN 13: 9780521793520

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2001

Synopsis

The Transactions of the Royal Historical Society offers readers an annual collection of major articles representing some of the best historical research by some of the world's most distinguished historians. Also available as a journal, volume ten of the sixth series takes the theme 'the British-Irish Union of 1801' as its main focus and includes the Presidential Address on 'Britain and the World in the Eighteenth Century: Reshaping the Empire' by P. J. Marshall, 'Court cases and Legal Arguments in England c.1066–1166' by John Hudson, 'The Union in European Context' by William Doyle, 'Alliances and Misalliances in the politics of the Union' by L. M. Cullen, 'Ireland, India and the Empire, 1780–1914' by C. A. Bayley and 'The Divergence of England: The Growth of the English Economy in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries' by E. A. Wrigley.

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Review:

'A serious academic read then, well written, with a lot to ponder on.' The Times Higher Education Supplement

'This collection of essays provides historians of Ireland with plenty of scope for reflections and the royal Historical society is to be congratulated on devoting a volume of its proceedings to the Irish Act of Union.' Irish Economic and Social History Journal

Book Description:

The Royal Historical Society Transactions offers readers an annual collection of major articles based around a theme of interest in current historical research. Volume 10 contains essays by leading scholars focusing on the theme of 'the British-Irish Union of 1801'.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0521793521
• ISBN 13: 9780521793520
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 448