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Defining a British State L. Steffen

Defining a British State By L. Steffen

Defining a British State by L. Steffen

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Explores the formation of the British state and national identity from 1603-1820 by examining the definitions of sovereignty and allegiance presented in treason trials. The king's person remained central to national identity and the state until republican challenges forced prosecutors in treason trials to innovate and redefine sovereign authority.

Defining a British State Summary

Defining a British State: Treason and National Identity, 1608-1820 by L. Steffen

Explores the formation of the British state and national identity from 1603-1820 by examining the definitions of sovereignty and allegiance presented in treason trials. The king's person remained central to national identity and the state until republican challenges forced prosecutors in treason trials to innovate and redefine sovereign authority.

Defining a British State Reviews

'In Defining a British State , Lisa Steffen has given us both a valuable insight into the law of high treason and its use in Stuart and Hanoverian England, and a thought-provoking discussion of the meanings behind the doctrine. She shows how a medieval English law designed to maintain the personal bond of allegiance to the sovereign was flexible enough to be used against Scots professing continued allegiance to their de jure king, in order to secure the Hanoverian succession against Jacobite attacks, but proved harder to use when the government sought to convict enemies of the state whose target was not the king. Her discussion is an important one, for both legal and political historians, and makes a useful contribution to the ongoing debate about the nature of the state in the eighteenth century.' - Michael Lobban, Brunel University

About L. Steffen

LISA STEFFEN is Assistant Professor of History at the University of South Carolina Spartanburg.

Table of Contents

Author's Note and Acknowledgements Introduction Treason, Allegiance and Sovereignty in England, 1608-1688 Dynastic Treason: National Identity after the Glorious Revolution A British Law of Treason, 1709-1783 Republican Treason and National Identity in the 1790s The 'General Safety of the State': Treason from 1816-1820 Conclusion Bibliography Index

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NPB9780333920343
9780333920343
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Defining a British State: Treason and National Identity, 1608-1820 by L. Steffen
L. Steffen
Studies in Modern History
New
Hardback
Palgrave Macmillan
2001-05-04
245
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