Germans in Britain since 1500 /
German-speaking people have always lived, either as temporary or as long-term residents, in the British Isles. While the majority of the visitors arrived to pursue trade, others came for a wide variety of reasons. In the sixteenth century German reformers came to promote Protestantism. In 1714 the E...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
London ; Rio Grande, Ohio :
Hambledon Press,
1996.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | German-speaking people have always lived, either as temporary or as long-term residents, in the British Isles. While the majority of the visitors arrived to pursue trade, others came for a wide variety of reasons. In the sixteenth century German reformers came to promote Protestantism. In 1714 the Elector of Hanover came because he had inherited the crown. In Victorian times Karl Marx wrote Das Kapital in the British Museum. The nineteenth century was perhaps the highpoint in the history of German settlement, with the establishment of widespread German communities and organisations. The First. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 266 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-253) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780826420381 0826420389 9781474210010 1474210015 |