Armies and Political Change in Britain, 1660-1750

Armies and Political Change in Britain, 1660 - 1750 explores significant continuities and developments in the armed forces across the reigns of seven monarchs, using a vivid and extensive array of archival, literary, and artistic material to present a new perspective on the political and military history of Britain.

Hannah Smith is a Tutor and Fellow of St Hilda's College, Oxford and Associate Professor in Early Modern British History, University of Oxford. She studied at Newnham College, Cambridge where she also held a Junior Research Fellowship, and was an RCUK Academic Fellow at the University of Hull. She was awarded a Philip Leverhulme Prize in 2008. Her first book was Georgian monarchy: politics and culture, 1714-1760 (2006). She has also co-edited two books, Civilians and war in Europe, 1618-1815 (2012) and Religion and women in Britain, 1660-1760 (2014) and published several articles and essays.

Introduction
1: The Restoration of Crown and Church, 1660-1670
2: Popery, Arbitrary Government, and War, 1670-1678
3: The Disputed Succession, 1678-1685
4: Revolutions, 1685-1689
5: War and Peace, 1689-1702
6: The War of Succession, 1702-1714
7: Defending and Disputing the Rival Kings, 1714-1750
8: Oligarchy and Opposition, 1714-1750
Conclusion