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Hace 2 días · 18th-century London by William Hogarth. Hypocrisy became a major topic in English political history in the early 18th century. The Toleration Act 1689 allowed for certain rights for religious minorities, but Protestant Nonconformists (such as Congregationalists and Baptists) were still deprived of important rights, such as the right ...
Hace 3 días · What is called the first Industrial Revolution lasted from the mid-18th century to about 1830 and was mostly confined to Britain. The second Industrial Revolution lasted from the mid-19th century until the early 20th century and took place in Britain, continental Europe, North America, and Japan.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Hace 6 días · The Eighteenth Century: theory and interpretation Applies contemporary theory and methodology to all aspects of culture 1660-1800, including literature, history, fine arts, science, history of ideas, and popular culture.
- Olivia Else
- 2012
Hace 2 días · 18th-century Britain, 1714–1815. The state of Britain in 1714; Britain from 1715 to 1742. The supremacy of the Whigs; Robert Walpole. George II and Walpole; Foreign policy; Religious policy; Economic policies; The electoral system; Walpole’s loss of power; Britain from 1742 to 1754. The Jacobite rebellion; The rule of the Pelhams ...
Hace 4 días · York's trade was, in the 18th century, conducted by a greater variety of men than it had ever been before: a host of small merchants, dealers, mariners, brokers, factors, and shopkeepers had taken the place of the wealthy merchants who had earlier dominated the scene.
Hace 2 días · These prints presented an image of death that was omnipresent but, in a conceit that first became common in the early sixteenth century, it was joined in a ring dance with beggars as well as kings.
Hace 4 días · The Industrial Revolution was a period of major industrialization during the late 18th century and the early 19th century. It began in Great Britain and quickly spread throughout the world.
