The New Cambridge Modern History: The Rise Of Great Britain And Russia, 1688-1715/25

THE NEW C A M B R I D G E MODERN HISTORY ADVISORY COMMITTEE G.N.CLARK J.R.M.BUTLER J.P.T.BURY THE L A T E E . A . B E N I A N S VOLUME VI THE RISE OF G R E A T BRITAIN A N D RUSSIA 1688-1715/25 Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2008 Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2008 THE NEW CAMBRIDGE MODERN HISTORY VOLUME VI THE RISE OF GREAT BRITAIN AND RUSSIA 1688-1715/25 EDITED BY J.S.BROMLEY CAMBRIDGE AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2008 Published by the Syndics of the Cambridge University Press Bentley House, 200 Euston Road, London NWI 2DB American Branch: 32 East 57th Street, New York, N.Y. 10022 © Cambridge University Press 1970 Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: 57-14935 ISBN: 0521 075246 First published 1970 Reprinted 1971 Printed in Great Britain at the University Printing House, Cambridge (Brooke Crutchley, University Printer) Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2008 PREFACE For delays in the production of this volume, which has extended over rather more than a decade, the editor takes full responsibility. Its preparation has required more than the straightforward commissioning and writing of the contents, difficult as these tasks can be: a collective effort of this kind rather resembles a conference in permanent session, except that it never meets. Many of the contributors have been good enough to peruse each other's work, and all have patiently put up with some revision. They should be thanked in this place, as also should Mrs Wendy Block and Mrs Pauline Kemp, formerly of the Arts Faculty office in th