Britain had just begun to recover from defeat in the American War of Independence when its government faced a major war against the French Revolution. In this war the British army was soon driven out of the continent of Europe and had to rely on fighting France at sea and in the colonies...
The defense and enlargement of these French territories engaged the energies of successive English kings. In their need for money the kings stimulated the growth of English towns by selling them charters of liberties. Conflict between kings and nobles, which had begun under Richard I, came to a...
Aside from her continental warfare against Napoleon England was involved in 1813—’14 in a war with the United States. This had broken out in the summer of 18121) as a consequence of the European contest, evolving from controversies over the conditions of neutral trade and the belligerent righ...
Throughout the twentieth century French farmers, nature conservationists, foresters, and local populations have struggled to limit the impact of militarize... C Pearson 被引量: 0发表: 0年 Koyaanisqatsi and the Posthuman Aesthetics of a Mechanical Stare This article examines Godfrey Reggio's experimen...
Influenced by the French Revolution of 1830 and the broad popular movement that was developing in Britain itself, there were increased efforts by the bourgeoisie to bring about an electoral reform. Numerous meetings and demonstrations took place, organized by the Birmingham Political Union (founded in...
[translate] afrom the 1760s onwards India’s wealth “bought the national debt back from the Dutch and others … leaving Britain nearly free from overseas indebtedness when it came to face the great French wars from 1793.” 正在翻译,请等待... [translate] ...
The transition from the first to the second British cycle is a period of considerable interest, for it harbours more fertile analogies to contemporary conditions than does the British experience of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The l
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Battle of Trafalgar – Nelson beats a combined French and Spanish fleet and establishes Great Britain as the premier naval power for the next 100 years. | 1807 Abolition of the Slave Trade (but not slavery itself). | 1811 Luddite Riots – textile machinery is sabotaged in Lancashire, Yorkshire...
(2012) and Lubaina Himid’s workLe Rodeur: The Exchange(2016) which responds to a case of blindness that affected a French slave ship in 1819. The display is curated by writer Ekow Eshun, former director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts. Runs until 19th May. Admission charge applies...