1st Edition
Politics and Foreign Policy in the Age of George I, 1714-1727
By Jeremy Black
Copyright 2014
298 Pages
by
Routledge
298 Pages
by
Routledge
298 Pages
by
Routledge
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Through its focus on the relationship between foreign and domestic politics, this book provides a new perspective on the often fractious and tangled events of George I’s reign (1714-27). This was a period of transition for Britain, as royal authority gave way to cabinet government, and as the country began to exercise increased influence upon the world stage. It was a reign that witnessed the... Read more
Contents: Preface; Introduction: the challenge; The means of policy and debate; Creating an alliance; dividing a ministry, 1714-1717; War and political division, 1718-1719; Failure abroad and at home, 1720-1721; New beginnings, 1722-1724; Crisis anew, 1725-1726; Resolution? 1726-1727; Conclusions; Selected further reading; Index.
Biography
Jeremy Black is Professor of History at the University of Exeter. Born in London, he studied at Cambridge, graduating with a Starred First, before doing postgraduate work at Oxford. From 1980 he taught at Durham University, eventually as professor, before moving to Exeter in 1996. His books include The British Seaborne Empire; Maps and History; George II: Puppet of the Politicians? and George III: America's Last King.
'... Black displays an enviable mastery of a wide variety of sources. ... Recommended.' Choice '[Contains] all the features that one would expect from a Black publication: detailed and extensive engagement with a wide variety of archival material and a desire to reconstruct the messiness and indeterminacy of the diplomatic process.' Diplomacy and Statecraft ’... [Black] has once again managed to present a thoughtful, readable, and well-researched monograph. Given the enormous production and the quality of his work, one must conclude that Professor Black remains a leading historian on British foreign policy in the eighteenth century.’ American Historical Review ’Black’s work makes a major contribution to his field in the breadth of source documents he has consulted: his extensive research has taken him to numerous foreign archives, including Hanover, Munich, Paris, and Vienna. The wide range of sources has resulted in a balanced analysis of both foreign and domestic politics and policy that provides perspectives from multiple countries and governments. This enables the reader to develop a deeper understanding of the issues raised by Black, accompanied by insights that emphasise the importance for historians of taking account of a variety, in this case, foreign, viewpoints when analysing historical events.’ Parergon
