1st Edition
A War of Ideas British Attitudes to the Wars Against Revolutionary France, 1792–1802
By Emma Vincent Macleod
Copyright 1998
254 Pages
by
Routledge
254 Pages
by
Routledge
254 Pages
by
Routledge
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The responses of British people to the French Revolution has recently received considerable attention from historians. British commentators often expressed a sense of the novelty and scale of European wars which followed, yet their views on this conflict have not yet attracted such thorough examination. This book offers a wide-ranging exploration of the attitudes of various groups of British... Read more
1. Edmund Burke and the War Against the French Revolution. 2. Government Attitudes: The Pitt Administration and George III. 3. Loyalists and War Crusaders. 4. The Opposition to the War (I): The Foxite Whigs. 5. The Opposition to the War (II): Radicals and Friends of Peace. 6. Churchmen: Political Preaching, Patriotism and Pacifism. 7. Women at War: British Women and the Debate on the Wars Against Revolutionary France. 8. The Voice of the People? Public Opinion and the Wars Against Revolutionary France.
Biography
Emma Vincent Macleod
’Macleod has read very widely and her survey offers a comprehensive view of the range of British attitudes at the time.’ French History, Vol. 13, No. 3 ’...an interesting and scholarly volume which...will deservedly be widely used for many years to come.’ Parliamentary History, Vol. 18, No. 1 ’ ...a judicious and thoughtful book.’ British Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol. 23, part 1 ’This book is an important contribution to an expanding body of literature on Britain in the 1790s and will excite considerable interest from historians of ideas.’ English Historical Review, Vol. 115, no. 461
