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Übersicht

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Verlag	:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Buchreihe	:	Studies in Modern History
Sprache	:	Englisch
Erschienen	:	04. 05. 2001
Seiten	:	245
Einband	:	Gebunden
Höhe	:	216 mm
Breite	:	140 mm
Gewicht	:	450 g
ISBN	:	9780333920343
Sprache	:	Englisch

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Autorinformation

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LISA STEFFEN is Assistant Professor of History at the University of South Carolina Spartanburg.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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Author's Note and Acknowledgements Introduction Treason, Allegiance and Sovereignty in England, 1608-1688 Dynastic Treason: National Identity after the Glorious Revolution A British Law of Treason, 1709-1783 Republican Treason and National Identity in the 1790s The 'General Safety of the State': Treason from 1816-1820 Conclusion Bibliography Index

Pressestimmen

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'In Defining a British State , Lisa Steffen has given us both a valuable insight into the law of high treason and its use in Stuart and Hanoverian England, and a thought-provoking discussion of the meanings behind the doctrine. She shows how a medieval English law designed to maintain the personal bond of allegiance to the sovereign was flexible enough to be used against Scots professing continued allegiance to their de jure king, in order to secure the Hanoverian succession against Jacobite attacks, but proved harder to use when the government sought to convict enemies of the state whose target was not the king. Her discussion is an important one, for both legal and political historians, and makes a useful contribution to the ongoing debate about the nature of the state in the eighteenth century.' - Michael Lobban, Brunel University

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