The History of England: From the Revolution to the Present Time, in a Series of Letters to the Reverend Doctor Wilson, ... by Catherine Macaulay; Volume 1

Biographies & Memoirs

MacAulay, Catharine

Professionals & Academics

Franklin Classics

Catharine Macaulay: Political Writings (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)

The writings of republican historian and political pamphleteer Catharine Macaulay (1731–91) played a central role in debates about political reform in the Age of Enlightenment and Revolution. A critical reader of Hume's bestselling History of England, she broke new ground in historiography by defending the regicide of Charles I and became an inspiration for many luminaries of the American and French revolutions. While her historical and political works engaged with thinkers from Hobbes and Locke to Bolingbroke and Burke, she also wrote about religion, philosophy, education and animal rights. Influencing Wollstonecraft and proto-feminism, she argued that there were no moral differences between men and women and that boys and girls should receive the same education. This book is the first scholarly edition of Catharine Macaulay's published writings and includes all her known pamphlets along with extensive selections from her longer historical and political works.

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Cambridge University Press

The writings of republican historian and political pamphleteer Catharine Macaulay (1731-91) played a central role in debates about political reform in the Age of Enlightenment and Revolution. A critical reader of Hume's bestselling History of England, she broke new ground in historiography by defending the regicide of Charles I and became an inspiration for many luminaries of the American and French revolutions. While her historical and political works engaged with thinkers from Hobbes and Locke to Bolingbroke and Burke, she also wrote about religion, philosophy, education and animal rights. Influencing Wollstonecraft and proto-feminism, she argued that there were no moral differences between men and women and that boys and girls should receive the same education. This book is the first scholarly edition of Catharine Macaulay's published writings and includes all her known pamphlets along with extensive selections from her longer historical and political works.

Historical

Legare Street Press

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Catharine Macaulay (1731-91) is considered to have been the first female historian. Her eight-volume History of England (1763-83) and her radical views brought her considerable fame in eighteenth-century England. She was a political activist in favour of parliamentary reform, and wrote several political pamphlets on the subject. She also wrote the feminist work Letters on Education (1790), which argues for the equal education of men and women and is thought to have been influential upon Mary Wollstonecraft. Macaulay supported both the American Revolution and the French Revolution and saw them as moves towards equality and liberty. This political pamphlet, first published in 1790, was written in support of the French Revolution and against Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France. It is a passionate polemic that challenges Burke's interpretation of British history. It remains an important work in the history of political philosophy.

Observations on the Reflections of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke, on the Revolution in France: In a Letter to the Right Hon. the Earl of Stanhope (Cambridge Library Collection - European History)

History

Europe

First published in 1790, this collection of letters presents the mature views of Catharine Macaulay (1731-91) on education and related topics. Famed as an impassioned writer on history and politics, she defied eighteenth-century preconceptions of what it was possible and appropriate for women to achieve. Ranging across a broad spectrum of subjects, from diet and reading to pastimes, religion and discipline, this work reflects her enlightened thinking. She compares the educational situation in England to the contemporary French and American systems, and even those of ancient Rome and Sparta. Championing equality in education regardless of gender, Macaulay argues for the instruction of girls within a co-educational system, seeing this as the only way to improve female standing in society. Also reissued in this series is her eight-volume History of England (1763-83), which traces the upheavals of the seventeenth century.

Letters on Education: With Observations on Religious and Metaphysical Subjects (Cambridge Library Collection - Education)

Literature & Fiction

British & Irish

A landmark in female historiography, this work first appeared in eight volumes between 1763 and 1783. Notable for her radical politics and her influence on American revolutionary ideology, Catharine Macaulay (1731-91) drew diligently on untapped seventeenth-century sources to craft her skilful yet inevitably biased narrative. Seen as a Whig response to David Hume's Tory perspective on English history, the early volumes made Macaulay a literary sensation in the 1760s. Later instalments were less rapturously received by those critics who took exception to her republican views. Both the product and a portrait of tumultuous ages, the work maintains throughout a strong focus on the fortunes of political liberty. Volume 1 (1763) begins with the founding of the Stuart dynasty in 1603 and takes the narrative through to the reign of Charles I and the passing of the Petition of Right in 1628.

The History of England from the Accession of James I to that of the Brunswick Line: Volume 1 (Cambridge Library Collection - British & Irish History, 17th & 18th Centuries)

A landmark in female historiography, this work first appeared in eight volumes between 1763 and 1783. Notable for her radical politics and her influence on American revolutionary ideology, Catharine Macaulay (1731-91) drew diligently on untapped seventeenth-century sources to craft her skilful yet inevitably biased narrative. Seen as a Whig response to David Hume's Tory perspective on English history, the early volumes made Macaulay a literary sensation in the 1760s. Later instalments were less rapturously received by those critics who took exception to her republican views. Both the product and a portrait of tumultuous ages, the work maintains throughout a strong focus on the fortunes of political liberty. Volume 2 (1765) opens in 1628 with the abortive English attempts to relieve the siege of La Rochelle. The volume concludes with the execution of the Earl of Strafford in 1641.

The History of England from the Accession of James I to that of the Brunswick Line: Volume 2 (Cambridge Library Collection - British & Irish History, 17th & 18th Centuries)

A landmark in female historiography, this work first appeared in eight volumes between 1763 and 1783. Notable for her radical politics and her influence on American revolutionary ideology, Catharine Macaulay (1731-91) drew diligently on untapped seventeenth-century sources to craft her skilful yet inevitably biased narrative. Seen as a Whig response to David Hume's Tory perspective on English history, the early volumes made Macaulay a literary sensation in the 1760s. Later instalments were less rapturously received by those critics who took exception to her republican views. Both the product and a portrait of tumultuous ages, the work maintains throughout a strong focus on the fortunes of political liberty. Volume 3 (1767) covers the outbreak of the English Civil War, closing with Prince Rupert's taking of Bristol in the summer of 1643.

The History of England from the Accession of James I to that of the Brunswick Line: Volume 3 (Cambridge Library Collection - British & Irish History, 17th & 18th Centuries)

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The History of England: From the Revolution to the Present Time, in a Series of Letters to the Reverend Doctor Wilson, ... by Catherine Macaulay; Volume 1

Catharine Macaulay: Political Writings (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)

Catharine Macaulay: Political Writings (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)

The History of England: From the Revolution to the Present Time, in a Series of Letters to the Reverend Doctor Wilson, ... by Catherine Macaulay; Volume 1

The History of England: From the Revolution to the Present Time, in a Series of Letters to the Reverend Doctor Wilson, ... by Catherine Macaulay; Volume 1

Observations on the Reflections of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke, on the Revolution in France: In a Letter to the Right Hon. the Earl of Stanhope (Cambridge Library Collection - European History)

Letters on Education: With Observations on Religious and Metaphysical Subjects (Cambridge Library Collection - Education)

The History of England from the Accession of James I to that of the Brunswick Line: Volume 1 (Cambridge Library Collection - British & Irish History, 17th & 18th Centuries)

The History of England from the Accession of James I to that of the Brunswick Line: Volume 2 (Cambridge Library Collection - British & Irish History, 17th & 18th Centuries)

The History of England from the Accession of James I to that of the Brunswick Line: Volume 3 (Cambridge Library Collection - British & Irish History, 17th & 18th Centuries)