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Reappraises the often complex relationship between British monarchs and some of their more troublesome subjects in the 'age of revolutions'. Casts new light upon the contested languages of constitutionalism, contract theory and the rights of petition and provokes fresh controversy over the viability of monarchies in the modern world.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: monarchy, contractualism and history
2. The crown and the secular magic of petition
3. Monarchy and the policing of insanity
4. The madness of Margaret Nicholson
5. Treason compassed: popular mobilization and physicality in the 1790s
6. Lunacy and politics at fin de siecle, 1800–3
7. The potatoes speak for themselves: regicide, radicalism and George IV, 1811–30
8. Collins in context: William IV, affability and the reform crisis, 1830–7
9. Monarchy goes private: Peel’s Protection Act and the retreat from approachability, 1837–50
10. Conclusion
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Index

The Politics of Regicide in England 17601850

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 6/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719087462, 978-0719087462
      ISBN10: 0719087465

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Reappraises the often complex relationship between British monarchs and some of their more troublesome subjects in the 'age of revolutions'. Casts new light upon the contested languages of constitutionalism, contract theory and the rights of petition and provokes fresh controversy over the viability of monarchies in the modern world.

      Table of Contents

      1. Introduction: monarchy, contractualism and history
      2. The crown and the secular magic of petition
      3. Monarchy and the policing of insanity
      4. The madness of Margaret Nicholson
      5. Treason compassed: popular mobilization and physicality in the 1790s
      6. Lunacy and politics at fin de siecle, 1800–3
      7. The potatoes speak for themselves: regicide, radicalism and George IV, 1811–30
      8. Collins in context: William IV, affability and the reform crisis, 1830–7
      9. Monarchy goes private: Peel’s Protection Act and the retreat from approachability, 1837–50
      10. Conclusion
      Select bibliography
      Index

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