The Rising of 1745


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The First Scottish Enlightenment


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This book argues that the 'first' Scottish Enlightenment was championed by minority groups traditionally assumed to have been backward-looking and conservative--Jacobites, Episcopalians, and Catholics--and that it resulted in a dramatic transformation of how Scots understood their history.







Confessional Mobility and English Catholics in Counter-Reformation Europe


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In the wake of England's break with Rome and gradual reformation, English Catholics took root outside of the country, in Catholic countries across Europe. Confessional Mobility explores their arrival and the foundation of convents and colleges on the Continent as well as their impact beyond that initial moment of change.




Cities and the Grand Tour


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A fascinating study of how British travellers experienced, described and represented the cities they visited on the Grand Tour.