Scotland and the protectorate - Letters and papers relating to the military government of Scotland from January 1654 to June 1659 is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1899.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres.As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature.Many works...
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Contents include: INTRODUCTION I. THE GENESIS OF MACAULAY'S HISTORY II. MACAULAY'S CONCEPTION OF HISTORY III. MACAULAY'S METHOD IV. MACAULAY'S USE OF AUTHORITIES V. MACAULAY'S USE OF LITERATURE VI. MACAULAY'S THIRD CHAPTER VII. ARMY AND NAVY VIII. MACAULAY'S TREATMENT OF SCOTTISH HISTORY IX. MACAULAY'S TREATMENT OF IRISH HISTORY X. COLONIAL AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS XI MACAULAY'S ERRORS XII. MACAULAY'S CHARACTER OF JAMES II XIII. MACAULAY'S CHARACTE...
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Excerpt from The Last Years of the Protectorate, 1656-1658, Vol. 1: 1656-1657
These volumes are intended to be a continuation of the History of the Commonwealth and Protectorate, ' which Dr. S. R. Gardiner left unfinished. The third volume of his book was published in 1901, just before he fell ill. The only portion of the projected fourth volume which he left in a sufficiently advanced state for publica tion was the chapter on the Parliamenta...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed w...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed w...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed w...
For nearly 200 year after his death so little was known of Oliver Cromwell's personal views and motives that he was generally regarded as, in Hume's words, "a hypocritical fanatic." Carlyle's researches were sufficient to refute the charge of hypocrisy, but not until the beginning of the 20th century was a sufficient mass of documents and personal correspondence assembled to make possible a just and balanced account of Cromwell's life. Sir Cha...
