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Carnell Rachel |
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Titolo |
Backlash : libel, impeachment, and populism in the reign of Queen Anne / / Rachel Carnell |
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Charlottesville ; ; London : , : University of Virginia Press, , [2020] |
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©2020 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (229 pages) |
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Political parties - Great Britain - History |
Great Britain History Anne, 1702-1714 |
Great Britain Politics and government 1702-1714 |
Great Britain Court and courtiers Biography |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Introduction: Backlash then and now -- 1. A "very murdering" battle and a salacious court memoir -- 2. Secret history and seditious libel -- 3. A provocative Tory sermon -- 4. The general who would be king -- 5. A female satirist in court -- 6. Impeachment and public opinion -- 7. Impeached but triumphant -- 8. A Tory victory lap and parliamentary elections -- Epilogue: Why the backlash of 1710 matters today. |
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"Rachel Carnell tells the story of a backlash against decades of increasingly progressive government in Britain after the Glorious Revolution of 1688. The book relates the arrest of a Tory political satirist and Whigs' impeachment of a High Church clergyman and the resulting backlash, with mobs surging the streets. Queen Anne dissolved Parliament, and the new elections brought in a Tory majority who swiftly passed reactionary legislation"-- |
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