Englishness Identified ' Manners and Character 1650-1850 '

Between 1650 and 1850 perceptions of the English were transformed as a nation of supposed barbarians fanatics and king-killers evolved into a world power of political maturity imperial grandeur and industrial might. <i>Englishness Identified</i> traces the evolution of the so-called English national character through the impressions and analyses of foreign observers and relates it to English ambitions and anxieties during a period of rapid change.