Introduction 1. The Nature of Towns 2. Rulers and Ruled 3. Legitimizing Authority: The Content of Government 4. Legitimizing Authority:Dignity, Conviviality and Celebration 5. Getting on with the Neighbours 6. Religion 7. From Restoration to Exclusion, 1660-81 8. Campaign against the Charters, 1682-5 9. A Factious City: Bristol in the Reign of Charles II 10. James II, 1685-8 11. After the Revolution, 1689-99 12. The Rage of Party, 1700-14 13. The Triumph of the Whigs? 1714-22 Conclusion