British Identities before Nationalism: Ethnicity and Nationhood in the Atlantic World, 1600–1800Inspired by debates among political scientists over the strength and depth of the pre-modern roots of nationalism, this study attempts to gauge the status of ethnic identities in an era whose dominant loyalties and modes of political argument were confessional, institutional and juridical. Colin Kidd's point of departure is the widely shared orthodox belief that the whole world had been peopled by the offspring of Noah. In addition, Kidd probes inconsistencies in national myths of origin and ancient constitutional claims, and considers points of contact which existed in the early modern era between ethnic identities which are now viewed as antithetical, including those of Celts and Saxons. He also argues that Gothicism qualified the notorious Francophobia of eighteenth-century Britons. A wide-ranging example of the new British history, this study draws upon evidence from England, Scotland, Ireland and America, while remaining alert to European comparisons and influences. |
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... important constituent of seventeenth- and eighteenth - century political and religious argument ? Or was it largely subordinated to the claims of church , confession , kingdom and constitu- tion ? A second line of investigation attempts ...
... important constituent of seventeenth- and eighteenth - century political and religious argument ? Or was it largely subordinated to the claims of church , confession , kingdom and constitu- tion ? A second line of investigation attempts ...
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... important variant of the materialist argument , associated with Karl Deutsch , Benedict Anderson and Eugen Weber , among others . This body of work stresses the role of modern communications , including developments in print media and ...
... important variant of the materialist argument , associated with Karl Deutsch , Benedict Anderson and Eugen Weber , among others . This body of work stresses the role of modern communications , including developments in print media and ...
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... important continuities in the long - term evolution of national consciousness . However , even the primordialists accept much of the basic modernist case . Smith denies the contention that nations are ' invented ' , but his ...
... important continuities in the long - term evolution of national consciousness . However , even the primordialists accept much of the basic modernist case . Smith denies the contention that nations are ' invented ' , but his ...
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... importance of boundary relationships and their maintenance in the construction and perpetuation of ethnic identities.17 Yet , according to another Norwegian anthropologist , Thomas Hylland Eriksen , such boundaries are themselves ...
... importance of boundary relationships and their maintenance in the construction and perpetuation of ethnic identities.17 Yet , according to another Norwegian anthropologist , Thomas Hylland Eriksen , such boundaries are themselves ...
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... importance within the realm of Christian apologetic has long been recognised by students of historical theology . For the peopling of the world was a familiar part of sacred history and a topic which occupied a crucial place in the ...
... importance within the realm of Christian apologetic has long been recognised by students of historical theology . For the peopling of the world was a familiar part of sacred history and a topic which occupied a crucial place in the ...
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