British politics in the age of Holmes
Subtitle: Geoffrey Holme's British politics in the age of Anne : 40 years on
By: edited by Clyve Jones.
Contributors: Jones, Clyve, 1944-
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell for the Parliamentary History Yearbook Trust; Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781405193344
Subjects: Holmes, Geoffrey S., -- 1928-; Anne, -- Queen of Great Britain, -- 1665-1714; Holmes, Geoffrey S., -- 1928- -- Political and social views; Holmes, Geoffrey S., -- 1928- -- Influence; Great Britain. -- Parliament -- Historiography; Jacobites -- Historiography; Women in politics -- Great Britain -- Historiography; Political parties -- Great Britain -- Historiography; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1702-1714; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1702-1714 -- Historiography
Description: The chapters in this volume celebrate the 40th anniversary of the seminal work 'British Politics in the Age of Anne' by looking at how Holmes's writing has influenced later historians in various fields, including ones not directly addressed by him, such as gender, Jacobite and urban history.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: In no one's shadow : British politics in the age of Anne and the writing of the history of the House of Commons / D.W. Hayton ; with a postscript by W.A. Speck; title: Geoffrey Holmes and the House of Lords reconsidered / Robin Eagles; title: The nature of stability in the Augustan age / Richard Connors; title: Jacobite politics in the age of Anne / Daniel Szechi; title: Uncovering a Jacobite Whig? The commonwealth principles of Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington / Mark Knights; title: "Rendering the Union more complete" : the Squadrone Volante and the abolition of the Scottish Privy Council / Graham Townend; title: Tom Wharton and the Whig junto : party leadership in late Stuart England / Geoffrey Holmes; title: The clash of interests : commerce and the politics of trade in the age of Anne / Perry Gauci; title: Geoffrey Holmes and the urban world of Augustan England / Peter Borsay; title: "Last of all the heavenly birth" : Queen Anne and sacral queenship / Hannah Smith; title: "Ladies are often very good scaffolding" : women and politics in the age of Anne / Elaine Chalus; title: Geoffrey Holmes and the public sphere : Augustan historiography from post-Namierite to the post-Habermasian / Brian Cowan; title: Party affiliation in the House of Lords in 1710 : a contemporary assessment / Clyve Jones; title: The debate in the House of Lords on "No peace without Spain," 7 December 1711 : a new source / Clyve Jones.