Author: John Byng
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Category : Anglo-French War, 1755-1763
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Admiral Byng was court-martialled and found guilty of failing to "do his utmost" to prevent Minorca falling to the French following the Battle of Minorca (1756).
The Trial of the Honourable Admiral John Byng
Author: John Byng
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anglo-French War, 1755-1763
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Admiral Byng was court-martialled and found guilty of failing to "do his utmost" to prevent Minorca falling to the French following the Battle of Minorca (1756).
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anglo-French War, 1755-1763
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Admiral Byng was court-martialled and found guilty of failing to "do his utmost" to prevent Minorca falling to the French following the Battle of Minorca (1756).
The Trial of the Honourable Admiral John Byng
Author: John Byng
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anglo-French War, 1755-1763
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Admiral Byng was court-martialled and found guilty of failing to "do his utmost" to prevent Minorca falling to the French following the Battle of Minorca (1756).
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anglo-French War, 1755-1763
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Admiral Byng was court-martialled and found guilty of failing to "do his utmost" to prevent Minorca falling to the French following the Battle of Minorca (1756).
The Execution of Admiral John Byng as a Microhistory of Eighteenth-Century Britain
Author: Joseph J. Krulder
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000381188
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
According to Voltaire's Candide, Admiral John Byng's 1757 execution went forward to 'encourage the others'. Of course, the story is more complicated. This microhistorical account upon a macro-event presents an updated, revisionist, and detailed account of a dark chapter in British naval history. Asking 'what was Britain like the moment Byng returned to Portsmouth after the Battle of Minorca (1756)?' not only returns a glimpse of mid-eighteenth century Britain but provides a deeper understanding of how a wartime admiral, the son of a peer, of some wealth, a once colonial governor, and sitting member of parliament came to be scapegoated and then executed for the failings of others. This manuscript presents a cultural, social, and political dive into Britain at the beginning of the Seven Years' War. Part 1 focuses on ballad, newspaper, and prize culture. Part 2 makes a turn towards the social where religion, morality, rioting, and disease play into the Byng saga. Admiral Byng's record during the 1755 Channel Campaign is explored, as is the Mediterranean context of the Seven Years' War, troubles elsewhere in the empire, and then the politics behind Byng's trial and execution.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000381188
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
According to Voltaire's Candide, Admiral John Byng's 1757 execution went forward to 'encourage the others'. Of course, the story is more complicated. This microhistorical account upon a macro-event presents an updated, revisionist, and detailed account of a dark chapter in British naval history. Asking 'what was Britain like the moment Byng returned to Portsmouth after the Battle of Minorca (1756)?' not only returns a glimpse of mid-eighteenth century Britain but provides a deeper understanding of how a wartime admiral, the son of a peer, of some wealth, a once colonial governor, and sitting member of parliament came to be scapegoated and then executed for the failings of others. This manuscript presents a cultural, social, and political dive into Britain at the beginning of the Seven Years' War. Part 1 focuses on ballad, newspaper, and prize culture. Part 2 makes a turn towards the social where religion, morality, rioting, and disease play into the Byng saga. Admiral Byng's record during the 1755 Channel Campaign is explored, as is the Mediterranean context of the Seven Years' War, troubles elsewhere in the empire, and then the politics behind Byng's trial and execution.
Masculinity, Militarism and Eighteenth-Century Culture, 1689-1815
Author: Julia Banister
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107195195
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
This book discusses the nature of masculinity in eighteenth-century literature and culture through the figure of the military man.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107195195
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
This book discusses the nature of masculinity in eighteenth-century literature and culture through the figure of the military man.
The Trial of the Honourable Admiral John Byng, at a Court Martial, As Taken by Mr. Charles Fearne, Judge-Advocate of His Majesty's Fleet
Author: Charles Ferne
Publisher: Sagwan Press
ISBN: 9781340150280
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Publisher: Sagwan Press
ISBN: 9781340150280
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Proceedings and transactions of the Royal Society of Canada
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Languages : en
Pages : 606
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Languages : en
Pages : 606
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The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 644
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 644
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American Bibliography: 1751-1764
Author: Charles Evans
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 470
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 470
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The Monthly Review
Author: Ralph Griffiths
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 636
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 636
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Catalogue of the Books in the Library of the Honourable Society of Gray's Inn
Author: Gray's Inn. Library
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1130
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1130
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