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Backlash : libel, impeachment, and populism in the reign of Queen Anne / / Rachel Carnell
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Pubblicazione: | Charlottesville ; ; London : , : University of Virginia Press, , [2020] |
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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 ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-8139-4444-9 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910794318603321 |
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