George III
King and Politicians 1760-1770
The eighteenth-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 1688-89. 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 comprising 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 rag…
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- ISBN: 978-0-7190-6429-6
- EAN: 9780719064296
- Produktnummer: 21790989
- Verlag: Manchester University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
- Seitenangabe: 274 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D1.4 cm 349 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 349
Über den Autor
Peter D. G. Thomas is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth
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