British Politics in the Age of Holmes: Geoffrey Holmes's British Politics in the Age of Anne 40 Years on

The chapters in this volume celebrate the fortieth anniversary ofthe seminal work British Politics in the Age of Anne bylooking at how Holmes's writing has influenced laterhistorians in various fields, including ones not directly addressesby Holmes, such as gender, jacobite and urban history.

• This volume celebrates the fortieth anniversary of the seminalwork British Politics in the Age of Anne by GeoffreyHolmes
• Demonstrates how Holmes's writing has influenced latergenerations of historians in various fields
• Investigates how this 1967 book was established as amasterpiece of historical research and writing and how it quicklybecame the accepted interpretation of the politics of the earlyeighteenth century, replacing previous work based on themethodology of Sir Lewis Namier
• This new book also shows how topics which Holmes's onlytouched upon, such as gender, jacobite and urban history, have alsobeen greatly influenced by his work
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