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The first systematic history of this 'Hanoverian dimension' of Great Britain.
Synopsis
For more than 120 years (1714-1837) Great Britain was linked to the German Electorate, later Kingdom, of Hanover through Personal Union. This made Britain a continental European state in many respects, and diluted the sense of insular apartness. This volume integrates the burgeoning specialist literature on aspects of the Personal Union into the broader history of eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Britain. Never before has the impact of the Hanoverian connection on British politics, monarchy, public sphere, intellectual life, confessional debates, strategy and political thought been assessed so thoroughly.
Table of Contents
Notes on contributors; 1. Introduction. Hanover: the missing dimension Brendan Simms; 2. The Hanoverian Nexus: Walpole and the Electorate Jeremy Black; 3. Pitt and Hanover Brendan Simms; 4. George III and Hanover Torsten Riotte; 5. Constitutional dilemmas and problems of publicity: the Hanoverian dimension in early ninenteenth century British politics Christopher Thompson; 6. The end of the dynastic union Mijndert Bertram; 7. A University for Empire? The University of Göttingen and the Personal Union Thomas Biskup; 8. The confessional dimension Andrew Thompson; 9. The public sphere and Hanover Bob Harris; 10. Dynastic perspectives Clarissa Campbell Orr; 11. Hanover and the maritime strategy Richard Harding; 12. Paying for the King of England? Hanover in mid-eighteenth century Franco-British geopolitics H. M. Scott; 13. Hanover in British political thought Nicholas B. Harding.