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Backlash : libel, impeachment, and populism in the reign of Queen Anne / / Rachel Carnell



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Autore: Carnell Rachel Visualizza persona
Titolo: Backlash : libel, impeachment, and populism in the reign of Queen Anne / / Rachel Carnell Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Charlottesville ; ; London : , : University of Virginia Press, , [2020]
©2020
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (229 pages)
Disciplina: 941.069092
Soggetto topico: Political parties - Great Britain - History
Soggetto geografico: Great Britain History Anne, 1702-1714
Great Britain Politics and government 1702-1714
Great Britain Court and courtiers Biography
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: "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"--
Titolo autorizzato: Backlash  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8139-4444-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910794318603321
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