Faculty Postholders
Dr Hannah Smith
M.A., Ph.D. (Cantab), F.R.Hist.S.
CUF Lecturer, Early Modern History
Email: hannah.smith@st-hildas.ox.ac.uk
Research Interests
Hannah Smith works on the political culture of the period 1660-1750, and, in particular, that of the British monarchy. She also pursues a strong research interest in early modern pro-woman writers. She is currently at work on a book about the reactions and responses to the emergence of the standing army in Britain.
Supervision Interests
British political and cultural history, 1660-1750.
Selected Publications:
- 'English 'feminist' Writings and Judith Drake's 'An Essay in Defence of the Female Sex' (1696)', The Historical Journal. Vol 44(3) (2001) pp. 727-47
- 'The Idea of a Protestant Monarchy in Britain, 1714-60', Past and Present . Vol 185 (1) (2004) pp. 91-118
- 'The court in England, 1714-60: a declining political institution?', History The Journal of the Historical Association . Vol 90 Issue 1 No: 297 (2005) pp. 23-41
- Georgian Monarchy: Politics and Culture 1714-60. (Cambridge , 2006) 296pp.
- 'Mary Astell, A Serious Proposal to the Ladies (1694), and the Anglican Reformation of Manners in Late Seventeenth-Century England' in Mary Astell: Reason, Gender, Faith. (Aldershot, 2007) pp. 31-47
- ''Hephaestion and Alexander: Lord Hervey, Frederick, Prince of Wales, and the Royal Favourite in England in the 1730s', (with Stephen Taylor)', English Historical Review. Vol 124 (2009) pp. 283-312
- 'Last of All the Heavenly Birth: Queen Anne and Sacral Queenship', Parliamentary History. Vol 29 (2009) pp. 137-49
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