TY - BOOK ID - 28146769 TI - British consciousness and identity : the making of Britain, 1533-1707 AU - Bradshaw, Brendan AU - Roberts, Peter PY - 1998 SN - 0521433835 0521893615 0511660197 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - National characteristics, British KW - -Nationalism KW - -Consciousness, National KW - Identity, National KW - National consciousness KW - National identity KW - International relations KW - Patriotism KW - Political science KW - Autonomy and independence movements KW - Internationalism KW - Political messianism KW - British national characteristics KW - History KW - -History KW - -Great Britain KW - Great Britain KW - -National characteristics, British KW - Nationalism KW - Consciousness, National KW - Arts and Humanities KW - Nationalisme KW - History. KW - Histoire KW - Grande-Bretagne UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:28146769 AB - The historical resonances of the concept of 'Britain' for the communities of the Atlantic Archipelago in the early modern period are explored here in terms of the ideological demands made upon it. Various and competing concepts of Britishness are examined, from the Henrician legislation which united Wales with England and which created the kingdom of Ireland, to the Act of Union of the realms of England and Scotland. The chequered history of the consciousness of Britain as a polity which embraced the united kingdoms is discussed in relation to the distinctive national identities of the constituent countries, and the question of the impact of 'Britain' on English policy-making under the Tudor, Stuart and the first Hanoverian monarchs is addressed. The puzzling resistance of the Irish to assimilation in contrast to the docility of the Welsh and - eventually - of the Scots is also explored. ER -