Isle of Man, 1405-1830 - Political and Constitutional History
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Civil War
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Dukes of Atholl
Earls of Derby
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Isle of Man
Manx Experience
Political History
Smuggling Activities
Stanley Lordship
Succession Dispute
Thomas Fairfax
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- ISBN 9781837651771
- Weight: 666g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 06 May 2025
- Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This is the first comprehensive modern account of the history of the Isle of Man, through the years between the establishment of the Stanley lordship early in the fifteenth century and the Revestment of 1830.
Focusing on political and constitutional aspects, the book traces developments through the successive lordships of the Stanley Earls of Derby, Thomas Fairfax and the Dukes of Atholl and highlights the evolution of the Isle of Man's distinctive constitution. It includes coverage of the succession dispute within the Stanley family in the period 1594 to 1610 between the sixth Earl of Derby and the widowed countess of his elder brother, the fifth Earl, who had died with daughters but no son. It also covers the troubled civil war period when the seventh Earl of Derby raised troops to fight for the king despite the pro-Parliamentarian sympathies of the bulk of the population and the extensive smuggling activities of the population in the eighteenth century which prompted the British crown to reassert its rule. Throughout the book emphasises the distinctiveness of the Manx experience, connected to, but different from the history of England, Scotland and Ireland.
Tim Thornton is Deputy Vice-Chancellor of and a Professor of History at the University of Huddersfield
Harold Mytum is Professor of Archaeology and Director of the Centre for Manx Studies at the University of Liverpool
Michael Hoy is a Research Assistant in the School of Arts and Humanities at the University of Huddersfield
