British Politics in the Age of Anne
British Politics in the Age of Anne is a book that anyone with an interest in the period will wish to possess: completely authoritative, yet as attractive to the student and the general reader as to the specialist. The author has both revised the text and written a substantial new introduction to this edition. Geoffrey Holmes reveals how little the structure and contents of politics under Queen Anne had in common with the connexion-ridden scene of the mid-18th century, as portrayed by Namier. He depicts a period of fierce and genuine party conflict, in which society at many leve
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INTRODUCTION TO REVISED EDITION
PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION
A NOTE ON DATES AND QUOTATIONS
ABBREVIATIONS
INTRODUCTION
PART ONE: The Character of Politics
1 Tory and Whig
2 The Substance of Conflict: Old Issues and New
3 The Substance of Conflict: Principles and Power
4 The ""Country"" Tradition
5 The Clash of Interests
PART TWO: The Working of Politics
6 The Managers, the Queen, and the Royal Closet
7 Parliament and the Parties: The Structure of the Whig Party
8 The Structure of the Tory Party. 9 The Parties in Action: Direction and Organisation
10 The Parties in Action: Power-Groups and Pressure-Groups
11 The Court and the Parties in the House of Commons
12 The Court and the Parties in the House of Lords
Conclusion
APPENDICES
A. Party Allegiance in the House of Lords, 1701-14
B. The Queen's Servants in the House of Lords, February 1714
C. Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford, as ""Prime Minister""
LIST OF MANUSCRIPT SOURCES
A GUIDE TO POLITICAL CHRONOLOGY, 1702-14
NOTES
INDEX
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B
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