A revisionist account of the monarchy during the reigns of the first two Hanoverian kings of Britain, George I and George II. This detailed study of early Georgian kingship and queenship examines the rhetorical and iconographical fashioning of the dynasty, evaluates the political and social function of the early Georgian court, and provides an extensive analysis of provincial cultures of monarchism. Wide-ranging in the scope of its enquiry and interdisciplinary source material, it rejects the contention that the Georgian kings were tolerated solely on the grounds of political expediency. Instead, Hannah Smith argues that they enjoyed a rich popularity that grew out of a flourishing culture of loyalism. In doing so, she engages with key debates over the nature of early eighteenth-century British society, highlights the European context to British political thinking, and, more broadly, illuminates the functioning of cultures of power in this period.
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A revisionist account of the monarchy during the reigns of the first two Hanoverian kings of Britain, George I and George II. Hannah Smith engages with key debates over the nature of early eighteenth-century British society by evaluating the political and social function of the early Georgian court.
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Perhaps the most revolutionary change that has occurred over the last fifty years in the study of eighteenth-century history has been the shift away from Namierite perceptions of a self-seeking elite and a servile electorate to a more rounded view of the complex motivations that propelled an individual into some form of political engagement, and the role ideas and ideologies played in this process. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Prince of Wales, Queen Caroline, Caroline of Ansbach, Queen Anne, Hampton Court, Majesty King George, Sermon Preach'd, Princess Royal, Duke of Cumberland, William Kent, George Augustus, Horace Walpole, Frederick William, Civil List, Ernest Augustus, George Ludwig, Earl of Egmont, New Haven, Privy Council, Sophia Charlotte, Act of Settlement, Duke of Newcastle, Gertrude Savile, History of the King's Works, Secret Comment New!
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Perhaps the most revolutionary change that has occurred over the last fifty years in the study of eighteenth-century history has been the shift away from Namierite perceptions of a self-seeking elite and a servile electorate to a more rounded view of the complex motivations that propelled an individual into some form of political engagement, and the role ideas and ideologies played in this process. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Prince of Wales, Queen Caroline, Caroline of Ansbach, Queen Anne, Hampton Court, Majesty King George, Sermon Preach'd, Princess Royal, Duke of Cumberland, William Kent, George Augustus, Horace Walpole, Frederick William, Civil List, Ernest Augustus, George Ludwig, Earl of Egmont, New Haven, Privy Council, Sophia Charlotte, Act of Settlement, Duke of Newcastle, Gertrude Savile, History of the King's Works, Secret Comment New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Surprise Me!
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