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Politics and Opinion in Crisis, 1678 81

Politics and Opinion in Crisis, 1678 81

Knights, Mark
Fletcher, Anthony
Mark, Knights

Paperback

Series: Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History

General Political ScienceBritish History

ISBN10: 0521024390
ISBN13: 9780521024396
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Mar 9 2006
Pages: 444
Weight: 1.43
Height: 0.99 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The aftermath of the Popish Plot and the subsequent succession crisis of the years 1678 to 1681 are the context for this new study. It asks two key questions: was there an exclusion crisis? and did these years witness the birth of modern political parties? The author argues that the unrest was not simply due to a centrally organized party machine based around the single issue of exclusion; but was a broad-based controversy about the succession, fears of popery and arbitrary government which produced ideological polarization and political sophistication. Part One examines central politics to explore the succession crisis within the context of the court and an emergent political structure. Part Two explores public opinion in the country as a whole, and argues that propaganda electioneering, religious conflict and petitions committed men to organized networks of belief.

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