Browsing Honours Theses and Postgraduate Coursework by subject "18th Century"
-
“ Bold in the Senate House and Brave at War ” : Naval Officers in the House of Commons 1715 - 1815
Published 2007-10-17Between 1715 and 1815, 182 British naval officers sat in the House of Commons, a group hitherto unstudied in a systematic way. This thesis draws upon the work of the History of Parliament Trust to examine naval MPs’ ...Thesis, Honours -
Prior to Bolingbroke : How a ‘minor’ poet and diplomat shaped the greatest events of his day
Published 2008-01-22My thesis is an attempt to adjust the historical record in reference to one who has been for a long time considered a minor figure, and to indicate the supreme political and commercial influence of Matthew Prior (1664-1721) ...Thesis, Honours