Long eighteenth century
Thelong 18th centuryis a phrase used by many British historians to cover a morenaturalhistorical period than the simple use of the standard calendar definition. They expand the century to include larger British and Western European historical movements, with their subsequent "long" 18th century typically running from theGlorious Revolutionand the beginning of theNine Years' Warin 1688 to the end of theNapoleonic Warsin 1815.[1][2]Other definitions, perhaps those with a more social or global interest, extend the period further to, for example, from theStuart Restorationin 1660 to the end of theGeorgian era.[3][2][4]Possibly the earliest proponent of the long eighteenth century wasSir John Robert Seeley,who in 1883 defined the eighteenth century as "the period which begins with the Revolution of 1688 and ends with the peace of 1815".[5]
TheInstitute of Historical Researchhosts a seminar series on "British History in the Long 18th Century".[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Olsen, John Andreas; Gray, Colin S. (2011).The Practice of Strategy: From Alexander the Great to the Present.Oxford University Press.ISBN9780199608638.
- ^abBaines, Paul (2004).The Long 18th century.London: Arnold.ISBN978-0-340-81372-0.
- ^O'Gorman, Frank (1997).The Long Eighteenth Century: British Political and Social History 1688–1832 (The Arnold History of Britain Series).Hodder Arnold.ISBN978-0-340-56751-7.OCLC243883533.
- ^Marshall, P. J. (2001). "Introduction".Oxford History of the British Empire. Volume II: The Eighteenth Century.Oxford University Press. p. 1.ISBN978-0-19-924677-9.OCLC174866045.
- ^J. R. Seeley,The Expansion of England; Two Courses of Lectures,second edn. (London: Macmillan, 1914), 25.
- ^"British History in the Long 18th Century | Institute of Historical Research".history.ac.uk.23 October 2011.Retrieved10 May2024.
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