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A History of Treason

The bloody history of Britain through the stories of its most notorious traitors

Beschreibung

The only complete study of treason in Britain from the introduction of the Treason Act in 1352, to the last execution for treason in this country after the Second World War.

Autor

TNA's team of authors: Chris Day is Head of Modern Domestic Records at The National Archives, where he has worked since 2013. An expert in the records of the Home Office, Chris is interested in popular politics, protest and resistance, and local government in Britain and the Caribbean in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Dr Daniel Gosling is Principal Legal Records Specialist at The National Archives, expert in the records created by the central law courts and the litigants bringing cases into these courts. His PhD (University of Leeds, 2016) examined statute interpretation in the late medieval and early modern periods. Dr Neil Johnston is Head of Early Modern Records at The National Archives, specialising in the political, financial, and constitutional histories of Britain and Ireland in the seventeenth century. Awarded a PhD by University College Dublin in 2012, he is a co-investigator on the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland project. Dr Euan Roger is Principal Medieval Specialist at The National Archives, specialising in the records of medieval and Tudor government and the central law courts, with a particular interest in administrative, social, medical, and material history. His work has featured in publications including TIME Magazine, the Guardian, and The Times.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Blake Publishing Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. November 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 168mm x 42mm
• Gewicht: 692g
• ISBN-13: 9781789466300
• ISBN-10: 178946630X
• Artikelnr.: 64820393