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The Gun, the Ship and the Pen: Warfare, Constitutions and the Making of the Modern World

29 July 2021 - In discussion with Prof Linda Colley FBA about her book on warfare, constitutions and the making of the modern world.

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This constitution-focussed book by prize winning author Prof Linda Colley FBA (Professor of History at Princeton) is about the global history of written constitutions from the 1750s to the modern day, and the close connections between constitutions and warfare.  In this seminar she discussed the ideas in the book with Dr Harshan Kumarasingham (Edinburgh) and Robert Hazell (Constitution Unit). 

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