1st Edition

The English Jacobins Reformers in Late 18th Century England

Edited By Carl Cone Copyright 1968
274 Pages
by Routledge

274 Pages
by Routledge

257 Pages
by Routledge

The English Jacobins is a full-scale study of the English reformers of the late eighteenth century, called ""Jacobins"" by their enemies who feared a repetition of the radical excesses of revolutionary France. Cone describes the rise of reform organizations during the controversy in Parliament over John Wilkes, who attempted to blow up Parliament in the 1760s, and he charts the progress of... Read more

Preface
I Assumptions
II That Happy Constitution
III Take Your Choice
IV The Glorious Harvest of Liberty
V The Pamphlet War
VI The Fellowship of the People
VII Church and King
VIII In Convention Assembled
IX We Are Not Intimidated
X After the Trials
Appendix A
Appendix B
Bibliographical Note
Index

Biography

Carl Cone