18th-Century Libraries Online Book of the Month Club: Catherine Macaulay
3:00pm - 4:00pm /
Friday 25th March 2022
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18th-Century Libraries Online is a four-year project that began in October 2019.
Based in the History Department at the University of Liverpool, its primary aim is to investigate the contribution of books to social, cultural, and political change in the eighteenth century. It will do this by exploring in unprecedented range and depth the role played by voluntary subscription libraries in the reading lives of communities and individuals across the Anglophone Atlantic between 1731 and 1800.
The 18th-Century Libraries Online team together with partner libraries is running a Book of the Month Club throughout 2022, drawing attention to books that appealed to eighteenth-century library goers. Every month, the team selects one book to be the focus of a blog post on our website (www.c18librariesonline.org, under ‘Project updates’) and an online book club Q&A. All zoom sessions are free and open to all – please join us!
For Women’s History Month in March, the team marks the birth of Catherine Macaulay by spotlighting her sensational History of England, which covered the period from the accession of James I in 1603 to the Glorious Revolution of 1688. In spite of her scandalous personal life and controversial politics, Macaulay’s History was a staple holding at subscription libraries across the English-speaking world. Macaulay’s primary aim was to educate and inspire her readers by retelling the great deeds of the English revolutionaries of the seventeenth century. Project Research Associate Dr Max Skjönsberg will explain how, by defending the regicide of Charles I (and as a woman), Macaulay broke new ground in historical writing, presenting a sharp contrast to Hume’s sceptical History of England (our selection for January), but also to establishment Whig history. As we will discuss, Macaulay’s History became topical as the standoff between Britain and the thirteen American colonies intensified, called by some ‘the foundation of liberty’ for its impassioned defence of republican politics.
Catherine Macaulay’s History of England is available for free online via Google Books. If you would like to dip into the book for yourself ahead of the Q&A, we recommend reading the preface to volume 6.
Please register for this event via Eventbrite and the Zoom link will be circulated pre-event.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/18th-century-libraries-online-book-of-the-month-club-catherine-macaulay-tickets-265038436097
Based in the History Department at the University of Liverpool, its primary aim is to investigate the contribution of books to social, cultural, and political change in the eighteenth century. It will do this by exploring in unprecedented range and depth the role played by voluntary subscription libraries in the reading lives of communities and individuals across the Anglophone Atlantic between 1731 and 1800.
The 18th-Century Libraries Online team together with partner libraries is running a Book of the Month Club throughout 2022, drawing attention to books that appealed to eighteenth-century library goers. Every month, the team selects one book to be the focus of a blog post on our website (www.c18librariesonline.org, under ‘Project updates’) and an online book club Q&A. All zoom sessions are free and open to all – please join us!
For Women’s History Month in March, the team marks the birth of Catherine Macaulay by spotlighting her sensational History of England, which covered the period from the accession of James I in 1603 to the Glorious Revolution of 1688. In spite of her scandalous personal life and controversial politics, Macaulay’s History was a staple holding at subscription libraries across the English-speaking world. Macaulay’s primary aim was to educate and inspire her readers by retelling the great deeds of the English revolutionaries of the seventeenth century. Project Research Associate Dr Max Skjönsberg will explain how, by defending the regicide of Charles I (and as a woman), Macaulay broke new ground in historical writing, presenting a sharp contrast to Hume’s sceptical History of England (our selection for January), but also to establishment Whig history. As we will discuss, Macaulay’s History became topical as the standoff between Britain and the thirteen American colonies intensified, called by some ‘the foundation of liberty’ for its impassioned defence of republican politics.
Catherine Macaulay’s History of England is available for free online via Google Books. If you would like to dip into the book for yourself ahead of the Q&A, we recommend reading the preface to volume 6.
Please register for this event via Eventbrite and the Zoom link will be circulated pre-event.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/18th-century-libraries-online-book-of-the-month-club-catherine-macaulay-tickets-265038436097