Uprisings in eighteenth-century Britain mediation and the transformation of political culture
Introduction1. Agency through Communication: Media Genres and Terminologies2. Monarchs and Aristocrats: The Constitutionalisation of Leadership and the Dialogisation of Government Communication3. Parliament, Parties and Politicians: Conflict Negotiation through Representation4. Religious Communities...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Introduction1. Agency through Communication: Media Genres and Terminologies2. Monarchs and Aristocrats: The Constitutionalisation of Leadership and the Dialogisation of Government Communication3. Parliament, Parties and Politicians: Conflict Negotiation through Representation4. Religious Communities and Religious Leaders: Inclusive and Divisive Potentials of Faith after the Glorious Revolution5. Regular Troops, Militia and Armed Civilians: Military and Paramilitary Agency as Vehicles of Identity and Integration6. The People, the Mob and the Re-Evaluation of Public OpinionConclusionBibliographyIndex "This study examines how the British Empire of the 18th century contained revolution by integrating opposition agents as new spaces of power opened up. Monika Barget convincingly argues that this process of constitutionalisation meant that groups from the aristocracy to religious communities, from the army to the people at large, were brought into the system in a way that balanced the obvious, serious challenges that the Glorious Revolution, the Jacobite Rebellion, the American Revolution, and Jacobin threats of the late-18th century posed to the Empire. Barget highlights the lasting political and legal repercussions of this process. The structure of the chapters, each focussing on specific agents and conflict media, also links the history of political agency and political institutions with an expanding European and even trans-continental media market"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | Bibliographie: Seite 164-215 |
| Beschreibung: | 226 Seiten Illustration, Diagramme, Karten 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781350377134 978-1-350-37713-4 |