Debating England's Aristocracy in the 1790s

Debating England's Aristocracy in the 1790s
Author: Amanda Goodrich
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2005
Genre: Aristocracy (Social class)
ISBN: 9780861932757

The 1790s saw a lively `French Revolution Debate' in England, with much space and intellectual energy, in classic texts by men such as Burke and Paine, and ensuing pamphlet literature, devoted characterisations and representations of the aristocracy; yet this is the first full-scale survey of the subject. Dr Goodrich takes a fresh approach to the topic, illustrating the complexities of the bitter battle fought out in such texts between radicals and loyalists, and highlighting the persistent viciousness and vitriol of a radical anti-aristocratic rhetoric. However, she demonstrates that the loyalist response contained the more innovative campaign, bringing out in particular the development of a commercial loyalism which promoted a new model of society with a modern aristocracy and an open elite; what emerges are English defences of aristocracy which are not simply reducible to ideas of an ancien régime or a Gothic institution.

Loyalism and the Formation of the British World

Loyalism and the Formation of the British World
Author: Allan Blackstock
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2014
Genre: History
ISBN: 1843839121

Explores loyalism as a social and political force in eighteenth and nineteenth century British colonies and former colonies.

The Politics of the People in Eighteenth-Century Britain

The Politics of the People in Eighteenth-Century Britain
Author: H.T. Dickinson
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2016-01-13
Genre: History
ISBN: 134924659X

This challenging and original study examines the most important aspects of popular political culture in eighteenth-century Britain. The first part explores the way the British people could influence existing political institutions or could exploit their existing powers, by looking at the role of the people in parliamentary elections, in a wide range of pressure groups, in their local urban communities, and in popular demonstrations. The second part shows how the British people became increasingly politicised during the eighteenth century and how they tried to shape or defend their political world.

Political Pamphlets and Sermons from Wales 1790-1806

Political Pamphlets and Sermons from Wales 1790-1806
Author: Marion Löffler
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2014-10-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1783161019

Pamphleteering was a vital component of the popular political discussion opened up by the French Revolution of 1789, but while the English pamphlet wars have been exhaustively explored, Welsh pamphlet literature has been ignored. During the fifteen years following the French Revolution of 1789, over 100 Welsh pamphlets and sermons engaged in a public discourse which discussed the larger issues raised by the Revolution and the war against the French Republic. This pioneering volume seeks to capture the excitement of the period by demonstrating how radicals and loyalists, Dissenters, Methodists and Churchmen, pacifists and warmongers engaged in a lively argument in their published works. An in-depth essay reviews and interprets texts written by artisans, Dissenting ministers, country curates and Anglican bishops, who all used religion as politics; promoted war or peace; argued over republicanism and loyalism, and utilized the law as a stage for political ideas. All texts are fully translated and thus made accessible to an English-speaking audience for the first time.