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Klappentext A 1995 collection of articles representing some of the best historical research by some of the world's most distinguished historians. Zusammenfassung This 1995 volume is an annual collection of major articles representing some of the best historical research by some of the world's most distinguished historians. It includes 'English Landed Society in the Twentieth Century: IV! Prestige without Power?' by F. M. L. Thompson and other essays. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Presidential address: English landed society in the twentieth Century: IV, prestige without power? F. M. L. Thompson; 2. 'Between the sea power and the land power': Scandinavia and the coming of the First World War Patrick Salmon; 3. Confession before 1215 Alexander Murray; 4. 'Les Engleys n?s en Irlande': the English political identity in medieval Ireland Robin Frame; 5. The origins of the Gothic revival: a reappraisal (the Alexander Prize Essay) Giles Worsley; 6. Providence, Protestant union and godly reformation in the 1690s (the Alexander Prize Essay, proxime accessit) Craig Rose; 7. A thirty years' war? The two World Wars in historical perspective (The Prothero lecture) Michael Howard; 8. Bristol West India merchants in the eighteenth century Kenneth Morgan; 9. The Atlantic in the eighteenth century: a southern perspective on the need to return to the 'big picture' Kenneth Maxwell; 10. Economic depression and the making of 'traditional' society in Colonial India, 1820? David Washbrook; 11. Against formality: one aspect of the English Revolution J. C. Davis; Report of Council for 1991? Officers and Council 1993.

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This 1995 volume is an annual collection of major articles representing some of the best historical research by some of the world's most distinguished historians. It includes 'English Landed Society in the Twentieth Century: IV, Prestige without Power?' by F. M. L. Thompson and other essays.

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1. Presidential address: English landed society in the twentieth Century: IV, prestige without power? F. M. L. Thompson; 2. 'Between the sea power and the land power': Scandinavia and the coming of the First World War Patrick Salmon; 3. Confession before 1215 Alexander Murray; 4. 'Les Engleys ns en Irlande': the English political identity in medieval Ireland Robin Frame; 5. The origins of the Gothic revival: a reappraisal (the Alexander Prize Essay) Giles Worsley; 6. Providence, Protestant union and godly reformation in the 1690s (the Alexander Prize Essay, proxime accessit) Craig Rose; 7. A thirty years' war? The two World Wars in historical perspective (The Prothero lecture) Michael Howard; 8. Bristol West India merchants in the eighteenth century Kenneth Morgan; 9. The Atlantic in the eighteenth century: a southern perspective on the need to return to the 'big picture' Kenneth Maxwell; 10. Economic depression and the making of 'traditional' society in Colonial India, 1820 David Washbrook; 11. Against formality: one aspect of the English Revolution J. C. Davis; Report of Council for 1991 Officers and Council 1993.