A Political History of the House of Lords, 1811-1846 : From the Regency to Corn Law Repeal /

The history of England's House of Lords in the nineteenth century has been largely misunderstood or ignored by historians. Richard W. Davis argues that the Lords were not primarily reactionary or obstructive, but rather a House in which much beneficial legislation was enacted. More conservative...

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Autor principal: Davis, Richard W. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2022]
Temas:
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. A King, a Prince, and Civil and Religious Liberty
  • 2. The Regency Crisis
  • 3. The Catholic Question
  • 4. The Ways Begin to Part
  • 5. The Parting of the Ways
  • 6. Peterloo and Queen Caroline
  • 7. Efforts at Emancipation, 1819-1825
  • 8. Questionable Theories and Practical Politics in the 1820s
  • 9. Lansdowne and Canning
  • 10. The Constitutional Revolution Begins, 1828-1829
  • 11. Reform
  • 12. Resurgence
  • 13. Cooperation and Confrontation
  • 14. The Municipal Corporations Act
  • 15. Irish Questions
  • 16. Discontented Conservatives
  • 17. The Jamaican Constitution and the Education Controversy
  • 18. Wellington, Peel, and the Triumph of the Conservatives
  • 20. Religious Conflicts Begin, 1843
  • 21. The Dissenters Chapels Act, the Factory Act, and the Welsh Bishops Bill
  • 22. The Maynooth Grant, 1845
  • 23. Corn Law Repeal, 1845-1846
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Index

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