John Wilkes: A Friend to LibertyOUP Oxford, 1996 M03 28 - 280 páginas Often deemed the founder of British radicalism, John Wilkes (1725-1797) had a shattering impact on the politics of his time. His audacity in challenging government authority was matched by his skill and determination in attaining his objectives: the freedom of the press to criticize ministers and report Parliament; enhanced security for individuals and their property from arbitrary arrest and seizure; and the rights of electors. That he was a political maverick, of witty and wicked reputation, has led historians to underestimate him - this is the first researched biography since 1917. Contemporaries appreciated his achievements more than posterity, one obituarist writing that `his name will be connected with our history'. In this fascinating and original biography, Peter Thomas provides an intriguing portrait of the man George III referred to as `that Devil, Wilkes'. |
Contenido
Gadfly of Government 17611763 | 15 |
The Case of North Briton | 27 |
French Leave 17631768 | 58 |
Election for Middlesex 1768 | 71 |
Expulsion from Middlesex 1769 | 91 |
The Bill of Rights Society 17691771 | 111 |
City Politician 17711775 | 142 |
Wilkes and America | 159 |
Parliamentary Politician 17741790 | 178 |
Work and Leisure 17761797 | 202 |
Radical or Rascal | 215 |
Términos y frases comunes
Almon American April Aylesbury Bill of Rights BL Add BL Egerton MSS Bleackley British candidate Chamberlain City claimed Common Council Commons Journals constitution Corr Cotes Crosby debate declared Duke electors Essay on Woman expulsion favour February friends Gazetteer George Grenville George III George Onslow Glynn Grafton Grenville Papers Guildhall MSS Heaton Horace Walpole Horne Tooke Memoirs House of Commons Ibid James Harris James's Chronicle John Glynn John Wilkes June King later letter libel liberty Livery London Evening Post Lord Mayor Lord North Lord Temple Luttrell Malmesbury MSS March Memoirs of George Middlesex Middlesex Elections Middlesex Journal ministry motion Newcastle North Briton November Number Forty-Five Oliver opposition Parliament Parliamentary Parliamentary privilege petition Pitt political poll popular printer prison radical reported Rights Society Rockingham Sawbridge Secretary sheriffs Speaker speech Thomas tion Townsend votes warrant Westminster Wilkes MSS Clements Wilkes's Wilkite William wrote
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