History: November 2024 Archives

Full article: Thomas Denton's Perambulation: Two Counties, Three Kingdoms, and Four Nations History?

"Thomas Denton's Perambulation of Cumberland, with additions on Westmorland, the Isle of Man, and Ireland, contains a wealth of evidence as to how a Cumbrian, English, and British subject integrated these elements [of county, national, and international identity] in this period. In addition to showing the assimilation of subjects within and across these boundaries, it equally reveals their differentiation and exclusion."