Eighteenth Century

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Paineite Radicalism	Publication of Paine’s Rights of Man in 1791, in response to Burke’s Reflections, compounded the general sense of unease a notch more, as Paine’s...	Thomas Paine, The rights of man, george washington, Georgian Britain, Eighteenth Century	view
Tipu Sultan's Slippers and Colonel Mordaunt's Cock Match: Footwear, identity and violence in eighteenth-century India by Martin Moran	Following his defeat by the British in 1799, Tipu Sultan’s treasures were plundered and transported back to Britain, including a pair...	Clothing & fashions, Cultural Identity, Eighteenth Century	view
Wilkes & The Power of Words	The emerging power of the press, and the media generally, really began to show itself however in the 1760s, thanks to the work of this man –...	Eighteenth Century, Georgian Britain, john wilkes, Newspapers	view
Introduction to the Eighteenth-Century Novel	Powerpoint slides on the eighteenth-century novel.	Fiction, The Novel, Eighteenth Century	view
French Revolution Resources	A website created by George Mason University and City University of New York containing 600 primary documents in the form of contemporary images,...	Eighteenth Century, French Revolution, Revolution, Ecclesiastical History, History	view
An Enquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith 1776	The Wealth of Nations is one of the earliest attempts by the Scottish academic Adam Smith to describe the structure of the early industrialising...	Economics, Political economy, Eighteenth Century, Adam Smith, Industrial Revolution, History	view
Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen 1789	The full text of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen written by the Marquis de Lafayette with help from Thomas Jefferson. The...	French Revolution, Eighteenth Century, Political history, European history, History	view
Essays on Images of the French Revolution	Eight essays concerning forty-two engravings and paintings of events during the French Revolution. A discussion of the importance of the way in...	French Revolution, Eighteenth Century, Revolution, History	view
Articles of Union uniting England and Scotland 1707	The document which created the United Kingdom of Great Britain bringing the whole island into one state in 1707. After a major financial crisis...	Eighteenth Century, United Kingdom, Scottish history, English history, History	view
Map of Upper and Lower Canada 1798	A map of Canada excluding the Atlantic provinces and Newfoundland after the American Revolution and the founding of the United States of America....	North America, Eighteenth Century, Historical Maps, British America, American history, History	view

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