Politics under the Later Stuarts Party Conflict in a Divided Society 1660-1715 [Hardcover]

The first major study of party conflict in England over the later Stuart period from the reign of Charles II to its culmination under Anne. Tim Harris shows how the party configuration of subsequent British politics emerged in these crucial years. He deals not only with high politics and with the organisation of the new parties, but also with the ideological roots of party strife.
Preface
1. Introduction
2. The restoration
The desire for the Restoration
The political settlement
Religious tensions
Conclusion
3. Court, Country and Origins of Party
Fears of popery and abritratrary government and the emergence of Court-Country tensions
The beginnings of party organisation
Conflict over the Church
Conclusions
4. The Exclusion Crisis
The Whigs and exclusion
The constitutional position of the Whigs
The Whigs and the issue of dissent
The Tories and the defence of the succession
Divisions in Parliament and 'out-of-doors'
5. The Glorious Revolution
The Tory reaction and the accession of James II
Tory-Anglican opposition to James II
The Revolution settlement
Conclusion
6. High Politics and Party Ideology under William and Anne
The structure of politics
The issues
Court versus Country and the transformation of party
Conclusion
7. The Divided Society under William and Anne
The social context of party strife
The drama of elections
The socio-economic contours of the divided society
Conclusion
8. Jacobitism
The dimensions of Jacobitism
Jacobitism in society
Scottish Jacobitism
The Jacobite challenge 1714 - 15
Conclusion
9. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

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