Steve Poole

The politics of regicide in England, 1760-1850

Troublesome subjects

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Produktbeschreibung

Reappraises the often complex relationship between British monarchs and some of their more troublesome subjects in the 'age of revolutions'. Casts new light upon the contested languages of constitutionalism, contract theory and the rights of petition and provokes fresh controversy over the viability of monarchies in the modern world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 374g
• ISBN-13: 9780719087462
• ISBN-10: 0719087465
• Artikelnr.: 34744568

Autorenporträt

Steve Poole is Principal Lecturer in English Social and Cultural History at the University of Bristol

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: monarchy, contractualism and history 2. The crown and the
secular magic of petition 3. Monarchy and the policing of insanity 4. The
madness of Margaret Nicholson 5. Treason compassed: popular mobilization
and physicality in the 1790s 6. Lunacy and politics at fin de siecle,
1800-3 7. The potatoes speak for themselves: regicide, radicalism and
George IV, 1811-30 8. Collins in context: William IV, affability and the
reform crisis, 1830-7 9. Monarchy goes private: Peel's Protection Act and
the retreat from approachability, 1837-50 10. Conclusion Select
bibliography Index