The Hanoverian Dimension in British History, 1714-1837

Brendan Simms is Reader in the History of International Relations at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Peterhouse. His previous publications include The Struggle for Mastery in Germany, 1779-1850 (1998) and Unfinest Hour. Britain and the Destruction of Bosnia (2001). Torsten Riotte is a Research Fellow at the German Historical Institute in London. His research interests also cover the late nineteenth century with a focus on dynastic networks in Europe during the Victorian age.

• Notes on contributors; 1. Introduction. Hanover: the missing dimension Brendan Simms; 2. The Hanoverian Nexus: Walpole and the Electorate Jeremy Black; 3. Pitt and Hanover Brendan Simms; 4. George III and Hanover Torsten Riotte; 5. The Hanoverian dimension in early ninenteenth century British politics Christopher Thompson; 6. The end of the dynastic union, 1815–37 Mijndert Bertram; 7. The University of Göttingen and the Personal Union, 1737–1837 Thomas Biskup; 8. The confessional dimension Andrew Thompson; 9. Hanover and the public sphere Bob Harris; 10. Dynastic perspectives Clarissa Campbell Orr; 11. British Maritime Strategy and Hanover 1714–63 Richard Harding; 12. Hanover in mid-eighteenth-century Franco-British geopolitics H. M. Scott; 13. Hanover and British republicanism Nicholas B. Harding.

Review of the hardback: '… successfully (re)inserts Hanover as an essential force in the formulation of British politics, culture, and foreign policy at a key stage in their developments.' H-German