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The House of Lords in the Age George III (1760-1811) (Parliamentary History Book Series) - Softcover

McCahill, Michael W.

 
9781405192255: The House of Lords in the Age George III (1760-1811) (Parliamentary History Book Series)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1405192259 ISBN 13: 9781405192255
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons, 2009

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A full and comprehensive assessment of the place of the 18th-century peerage and House of Lords.

  • Uses statistical and anecdotal evidence to create a variegated portrait of the nobility, its political outlook, and the ways in which the nobility's multifarious roles combined to shape its members' conduct as peers of parliament
  • Challenges the assumption that the Lords remained a creature of the crown and demonstrates that peers and bishops were useful, informed, and broadly connected legislators
  • Incorporates the results of recent research on the role of ideology in 18th-century British politics and the legislative business of parliaments
  • Draws on contemporary newspapers and journals and over 120 manuscript collections, some not previously consulted by students of the House
  • Offers new insights into the Lords' changing relations with the crown and the Commons, traces the metamorphosis of the 'party of the crown' into an ultra-tory connection, and demonstrates that even as it resisted some political and social reform, the Lords was a useful legislative chamber that adapted effectively to the rising volume of business

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Michael W. McCahill did his undergraduate and graduate work at Harvard University where he received his Ph.D. in 1970. After six years at the University of Massachusetts in Boston, he taught history and held a variety of administrative posts at Brooks School. He has published an earlier book on the House of Lords and a number of articles.

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The first full assessment of the place of the 18th-century peerage and house of lords in 50 years uses statistical and anecdotal evidence to create a variegated portrait of the nobility, its political outlook and the ways in which the nobility’s multifarious roles combined to shape its members’ conduct as lords of parliament. The book challenges the assumption that the Lords remained a creature of the crown and demonstrates that peers and bishops were useful, informed and broadly connected legislators. Although the House became the object of increasing criticism because of the majority’s opposition to such popular issues as the abolition of the slave trade or the dismantling of ‘Old Corruption’, effective leadership, the peers’ growing parliamentary interests and their appreciation of the limits of their authority prevented the Lords from becoming an intransigent barrier to innovation.

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The first full assessment of the place of the 18th-century peerage and house of lords in 50 years uses statistical and anecdotal evidence to create a variegated portrait of the nobility, its political outlook and the ways in which the nobility’s multifarious roles combined to shape its members’ conduct as lords of parliament. The book challenges the assumption that the Lords remained a creature of the crown and demonstrates that peers and bishops were useful, informed and broadly connected legislators. Although the House became the object of increasing criticism because of the majority’s opposition to such popular issues as the abolition of the slave trade or the dismantling of ‘Old Corruption’, effective leadership, the peers’ growing parliamentary interests and their appreciation of the limits of their authority prevented the Lords from becoming an intransigent barrier to innovation.

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Verlag
John Wiley & Sons
Erscheinungsdatum
2009
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1405192259
ISBN 13 
9781405192255
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
488
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