British Consciousness and Identity

出版者:Cambridge University Press

作者:Bradshaw, Brendan; Roberts, Peter; Ford, Alan

页数:368

出版时间:1998-5-28

价格:USD 129.00

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780521433839

图书标签:近代早期英国史苏格兰爱尔兰民族认同威尔士不列颠史

The historical resonances of the concept of 'Britain' for the communities of the Atlantic Archipelago in the early modern period are explored here in terms of the ideological demands made upon it. Various and competing concepts of Britishness are examined, from the Henrician legislation which united Wales with England and which created the kingdom of Ireland, to the Act of Union of the realms of England and Scotland. The chequered history of the consciousness of Britain as a polity which embraced the united kingdoms is discussed in relation to the distinctive national identities of the constituent countries, and the question of the impact of 'Britain' on English policy-making under the Tudor, Stuart and the first Hanoverian monarchs is addressed. The puzzling resistance of the Irish to assimilation in contrast to the docility of the Welsh and - eventually - of the Scots is also explored.