Liberty, Property and Popular Politics: England and Scotland, 1688-1815. Essays in Honour of H. T. Dickinson

ISBN-13: 9781474405676 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 256 str.

Gordon And Pentland; Gordon Pentland; Michael T. Davis

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Few scholars can claim to have shaped the historical study of the long eighteenth century more profoundly than Professor H. T. Dickinson, who, until his retirement in 2006, held the Sir Richard Lodge Chair of British History at the University of Edinburgh. This volume, based on contributions from Professor Dickinson's students, friends and colleagues from around the world, offers a range of perspectives on eighteenth-century Britain and provides a tribute to a remarkable scholarly career.Professor Dickinson's work and career provides the ideal lens through which to take a detailed snapshot of current research in a number of areas. The volume includes contributions from scholars working in intellectual history, political and parliamentary history, ecclesiastical and naval history; discussions of major themes such as Jacobitism, the French Revolution, popular radicalism and conservatism; and essays on prominent individuals in English and Scottish history, including Edmund Burke, Thomas Muir, Thomas Paine and Thomas Spence. The result is a uniquely rich and detailed collection with an impressive breadth of coverage.

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List of Tables and Illustrations; Acknowledgements; H. T. Dickinson: An Appreciation, Frances Dow; Introduction, Gordon Pentland; Parliament and Political Cultures; 1. ‘The Press ought to be open to all’: From the Liberty of Conscience to the Liberty of the Press, Eckhart Hellmuth; 2. ‘Could the Scots Become True British?’ The Prelude to the Scottish Peerage Bill, 1706-1716, Shin Matsuzono; 3. Parliament and Church Reform: Off and On the Agenda, Joanna Innes; 4. Liberty, Property, and the Post-Culloden Acts of Parliament in the Gàidhealtachd, Matthew Dziennik; 5. Political Toasting in the Age of Revolutions: Britain, America and France, 1765-1800, Rémy Duthille; Beyond Liberty and Property; 6. Edmund Burke, Dissent, and the Church and State, Martin Fitzpatrick; 7. “The Wisest and Most Beneficial Schemes”: William Ogilvie, Radical Political Economy and the Scottish Enlightenment, David Allan; 8. Thomas Spence and James Harrington: A Case Study in Influence, Stephen Lee; 9. Thomas Spence, Children’s Literature, and ‘Learning … Debauched by Ambition’, Matthew Grenby; The Long and Wide 1790s; 10. British Radical Attitudes Towards the United States of America in the 1790s: The case of William Winterbotham, Emma Macleod; 11. Was there a Law of Sedition in Scotland? Baron David Hume’s Analysis of the Scottish Sedition Trials of 1794, Atle Wold; 12. The Vilification of Thomas Paine: Constructing a Folk Devil in the 1790s, Michael T. Davis; 13. Nelson’s Circles: Networking in the Navy during the French Wars, Marianne Czisnik; 14. The Posthumous Lives of Thomas Muir, Gordon Pentland; Appendix: Selected List of H. T. Dickinson’s Publications, 1964-2014.