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The Age of Anne



Description The Age of Anne


This short survey of the age of Queen Anne begins with the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714) and the career of the Duke of Marlborough, leader of the allied armies against Louis XIV. Scotland joins England to form the United Kingdom. Peter the Great wrests control of the Gulf of Finland from Charles XII of Sweden and builds St. Petersburg. Despite the Jacobite threat, the Whigs secure the Protestant Succession and George I ascends the throne. Pope writes a mock epic in couplets, Addison's "Spectator" enlivens coffee houses and tea tables, and Defoe creates the immortal "Robinson Crusoe." (Pamela Nagami, M.D.)

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Ch. 1: The Spanish SuccessionCh. 2: Lewis XIV 1714Ch. 3: The New Dramatis PersonaeCh. 4: ‘The Grand Alliance’Ch. 5: Opening of the WarCh. 6: Rising in the CevennesCh. 7: BlenheimCh. 8: Lord PeterboroughCh. 9: The Year of Victory—1706Ch. 10: The Year of Disaster—1707Ch. 11: Later Fighting in the Low CountriesCh. 12: Later Campaigns in SpainCh. 13: The Fortunes of PartiesCh. 14: Fag-end of the WarCh. 15: Peace of UtrechtCh. 16: The Union with ScotlandCh. 17: Peter the Great and Charles XII, Pt. 1Ch. 17: Peter the Great and Charles XII, Pt. 2Ch. 18: The Protestant SuccessionCh. 19: End of Lewis XIVCh. 20: The Fragments that RemainCh. 21: Economic and Social, Pt. 1Ch. 21: Economic and Social, Pt. 2Ch. 22: Literature, Pt. 1Ch. 22: Literature, Pt. 2
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