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3 giorni fa · 18th Century. American Journeys. American Revolutionary War Era Maps (1750-1800) ... Eighteenth Century Collections Online This link opens in a new window.
2 giorni fa · French Revolution. The French Revolution [a] was a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789, and ended with the coup of 18 Brumaire in November 1799 and the formation of the French Consulate. Many of its ideas are considered fundamental principles of liberal democracy, [1] while its values ...
4 giorni fa · Crime, Justice, and Discretion in England 1740-1820. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2000, ISBN: 9780198229100; 396pp.; Price: £118.00. Crime and the law, particularly during the period of the Hanoverian Bloody Code, has been a popular area of research for a quarter of a century. The publications that emerged from Edward Thompson and the ...
19 mag 2024 · In most context it was applied to a woman of good birth and breeding, the female equivalent of GENTLEMAN. Like that term, though less often, it was abbreviated to GENT. The term is rare in the Dictionary Archive but it has been noted in the act enforcing the wearing of CAPs on Sundays, where it is contrasted with 'maidens' and 'ladies' [Acts ...
3 giorni fa · Caputo specialises in the social and cultural maritime history of the eighteenth and nineteenth century, with particular focus on transnational migration, health and medicine, and mapping. Her first book, Foreign Jack Tars: The British Navy and Transnational Seafarers during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars , was published by Cambridge University Press in 2022.
2 giorni fa · When Rape Was Legal: The Untold History of Sexual Violence During Slavery. New York and London, Routledge, 2019, ISBN: 9781138629677; 90pp.; Price: £27.99. In this concise monograph, Rachel Feinstein explores the centrality of sexual violence against enslaved women in the formation of white gendered identities.
4 giorni fa · In many periodizations of human history, the late modern period followed the early modern period. It began around 1800 and, depending on the author, either ended with the beginning of contemporary history in 1945, or includes the contemporary history period to the present day. Notable historical events in the late 18th century, that marked the ...
