Defining A British State
Subtitle: Treason and National Identity, 1608-1820 (Studies in Modern History)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: July 6, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9780333920343
Subjects: British & Irish history: c 1500 to c 1700; British & Irish history: c 1700 to c 1900; Constitution: government & the state; Social history; Modern period, c 1500 onwards; Legal Reference / Law Profession; History: World; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Criminal Law - General; Europe - Great Britain - General; Legal History; Law / Legal History; Great Britain; History; Nationalism; Trials (Treason)
First sentence: Political and social upheavals astonished and perplexed the English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish from 1603 when the Tudor royal scepter passed to a Scottish Stuart, through to 1689 when a Protestant Dutch prince claimed victory over the departed papist James II.