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George III: king and politicians, 1760-1770

By King of Great Britain George III; Thomas , Peter David Garner

Book information

Publisher
Manchester University Press
ISBN
0719064287, 0719064295, 9780719064289, 9781280719578, 1280719575, 9781417590575, 1417590572, 9781526137395, 1526137399, 9781781700310, 1781700311, 9781847790569, 1847790569, 9786610719570, 6610719578
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2912892 bytes)
Pages
ix, 262 pages: file(s\273
Time added
2020-11-29 04:16:07
History

Description

The 18th-century was long deemed the classical age of the constitution in Britain, with cabinet government based on a two-party system of Whigs and Tories in Parliament, and a monarchy whose powers had been emasculated by the Glorious Revolution of 1688-9. This study furthers the work of Sir Lewis Namier who argued in 1929 that no such party system existed, George III was not a cypher and that Parliament was an administration composed of factions and opposition. George III was a high-profile and well-known character in British history whose policies have often been blamed for the loss of Britain's American colonies, around whom rages a perennial dispute over his aims: was he seeking to restore royal power or merely exercising his constitutional rights? This is a chronological survey of the first ten years of George III's reign through power politics and policy-making.

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