Title The King and the Catholics : the fight for rights 1829 / Antonia Fraser

Published London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2018 ©2018

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Description xvi, 319 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm Contents Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE THE DANGEROUS MIXTURE -- ch. One That Fallen Worship -- ch. Two Nothing to Fear in England -- ch. Three The Royal Conscience -- ch. Four Green Shores of Liberty -- ch. Five Cardinal Tempter -- ch. Six Grattan the Great -- pt. TWO THE ABOMINABLE QUESTION -- ch. Seven Serving Ireland Royally -- ch. Eight Millstone -- ch. Nine A Protestant King -- ch. Ten Noise of No Popery -- ch. Eleven Mr Canning -- pt. THREE THE DUKE AND THE DEMAGOGUES -- ch. Twelve O'Connell's Boldest Step -- ch. Thirteen Brunswickers -- ch. Fourteen Boot-and-Spur Work -- ch. Fifteen From RPeel to Repeal -- ch. Sixteen The Duel -- ch. Seventeen Tale of Two MPs -- ch. Eighteen Bloodless Revolution Summary The story of Catholic Emancipation begins with the violent Anti-Catholic Gordon Riots in 1780, fuelled by the reduction in Penal Laws against the Roman Catholics harking back to the sixteenth century. Some fifty years later, the passing of the Emancipation Bill was hailed as a 'bloodless revolution'. Had the Irish Catholics been a 'millstone', as described by an English aristocrat, or were they the prime movers? While the English Catholic aristocracy and the Irish peasants and merchants approached the Catholic Question in very different ways, they manifestly shared the same objective. Antonia Fraser brings colour and humour to the vivid drama with its huge cast of characters: George III, who opposed Emancipation on the basis of the Coronation Oath; his son, the indulgent Prince of Wales, who was enamoured with the Catholic Maria Fitzherbert before the voluptuous Lady Conyngham; Wellington and the 'born Tory' Peel vying for leadership; 'roaring' Lord Winchilsea; the heroic Daniel O'Connell. Expertly written and deftly argued, The King and Catholics is also a distant mirror of our times, reflecting the political issues arising from religious intolerance Notes Includes bibliographical references and index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Also issued online Subject George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820. George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830. Catholic Church -- Ireland -- History Catholic Church -- Great Britain -- History. Catholic Church -- Great Britain. Catholic Church -- History. Catholic Church -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. Catholic emancipation -- Great Britain. Catholics -- Great Britain -- History. Catholics -- Ireland -- History. Catholics -- Great Britain -- Social conditions. Catholics -- Ireland -- Social conditions. Anti-Catholicism -- Great Britain -- History. Gordon Riots, 1780. Church history. Catholics -- Great Britain. Catholic emancipation. Church and state -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. SUBJECT Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 18th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056900 Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056911 Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1800-1837. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056910 Great Britain -- History -- George IV, 1820-1830. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056821 Genre/Form History. ISBN 9781474609661 (paperback) 9781474601931 (hardback)

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