03563nam 2200685 a 450 991045130380332120200520144314.01-280-75244-00-19-153163-40-19-151456-X1-4294-6938-2(CKB)1000000000414963(EBL)422915(OCoLC)476260394(SSID)ssj0000236147(PQKBManifestationID)11219221(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000236147(PQKBWorkID)10172602(PQKB)10863903(MiAaPQ)EBC422915(Au-PeEL)EBL422915(CaPaEBR)ebr10271504(CaONFJC)MIL75244(EXLCZ)99100000000041496320041230d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRepresentation and misrepresentation in later Stuart Britain[electronic resource] partisanship and political culture /Mark KnightsOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20051 online resource (448 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-925833-3 0-19-925834-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [385]-420) and index.Contents; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; Author's Note on Conventions; Chronology of National Events; PART I. REPRESENTATION AND THE PUBLIC; 1. Introduction; 2. Public Politics; 3. Petitions and Addresses; 4. Informing Public Judgement at the Polls; PART II. PUBLIC DISCOURSE AND TRUTH; Introduction; 5. The Evolution of Print Culture and the Libels of Public Discourse; 6. Truth and Fiction in the Age of Party; 7. Consequences; Appendix: The Principal Periodicals in the Reign of Queen Anne; Select Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; YThis book argues that the period from 1675 was the second stage of a 17th-century revolution that ran on until 1720. It traces the development of the public as an arbiter of politics, the growth of a national political culture, the shift towards a representative society, and a political enlightenment rooted in local and national partisan conflict. - ;In this original and illuminating new study, Mark Knights reveals how the political culture of the eighteenth century grew out of earlier trends and innovations. Arguing that the period from 1675 needs to be seen as the second stage of a seventeenPublic opinionGreat BritainHistory17th centuryPolitical partiesGreat BritainHistory17th centuryPolitical cultureGreat BritainHistory17th centuryPolitics and literatureGreat BritainHistory17th centuryRepresentative government and representationGreat BritainHistory17th centuryGreat BritainPolitics and government1660-1714Electronic books.Public opinionHistoryPolitical partiesHistoryPolitical cultureHistoryPolitics and literatureHistoryRepresentative government and representationHistory941.06Knights Mark960696MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451303803321Representation and misrepresentation in later Stuart Britain2177828UNINA