Cookson, J. E. 1985. "British society and the French wars, 1793-1815." Australian Journal of Politics and History 31:192-203.Cookson, J. E. 1985. British Society and the French Wars, 1793-1815. Australian Journal of Politics and History 31:192-203....
The French Revolution was a war upon privilege. As it went forward it became more and more violent, more and more destructive of everything which could preserve a society that assumed distinctions of rank to be the first fundamental condition of public order and decency. In England itself, in...
Just as these gains were being made, Britain faced a new military crisis. In 1793, French revolutionaries executed their king, Louis XVI, and his wife,Marie Antoinette, unleashing a wave of political instability thatthreatenedthe whole of Europe. Soon atw...
Although British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger had predicted fifteen years of peace one year earlier, the French declaration of war initiated nearly a quarter century of war between Britain and France with only a brief respite during the Peace of Amiens. Britain entered the war amid ...
However, this extravagant lifestyle was a detriment to the already suffering citizens of the countryside, who were burdened with war taxes and extreme food insecurity. In 1793, the French royal family's life came crashing down around them as the Revolution stormed the Bastille, resulting in both...
6. Contest for a Continent: French America and British America 1608-1763. 7. Family Quarrels: Dissension in the Colonies 1763-1770. 8. From Riot to Rebellion: The Road to Independence 1770-1776. 9. The War for Independence: The... JR Conlin - 《Cengage Learning Inc》 被引量: 0发表:...
This was a 90-gun, second-rate ship of the line which was to enjoy a distinguished career in the War of American Independence (1775-83) and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (1793- 1815). At this time, however, it was Pye's Portsmouth flagship, from which he had been ...
(2000), "`You cannot hate the bastard who is trying to kill you...': combat and ideology in the British Army in the war against Germany, 1939-... D French - 《Twentieth Century British History》 被引量: 0发表: 2000年 'You can't hate the bastard who is trying to kill you ......
The carved and painted figurehead of Admiral Nelson on the bow of the ship suggests she was named in Nelson’s honour after his victory over French and Spanish Navies the previous October. The construction of this slave ship would have been an important boost to the local economy of Lancaster...
Richard Howe, Earl Howe was a British admiral who commanded the Channel fleet at the Battle of the First of June (1794) during the French Revolutionary Wars. Howe entered the navy in 1740, saw much active service, especially in North America, and was rap