Religion and royal succession / Eveline Cruickshanks -- The electorate in the first age of party / W.A. Speck -- The precursors of political radicalism in Augustan Britain / H.T. Dickinson -- The House of Lords and the growth of Parliamentary stability / Clyve Jones -- The development of the political process / J.A. Downie -- Popular culture and popular politics / Michael Mullett -- Local government / Lionel Glassey -- Party in a civic context / Henry Horwitz -- Urban development in the age of Defoe / Peter Borsay -- The Anglican clergy of northern England / Eric J. Evans -- John Bull's other kingdoms / Daniel Szechi and David Hayton.
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The 70 years of late Stuart and early Hanoverian Britain following 1680 were a crucial period in British politics and society, seeing the growth both of political parties and of stability. This collection of original essays provides a coherent account of Britain in the ''First Age of Party''.
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Britain in the first age of party, 1680-1750.
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Holmes, Geoffrey S.,1928-
Holmes, Geoffrey S.,1928-
HISTORY.
Politics and government
Great Britain, Politics and government, 1660-1714.
Great Britain, Politics and government, 1714-1760.