Kings and Desperate Men: Life in Eighteenth-century EnglandRoutledge, 5.7.2017 - 353 sivua The goal of Kings and Desperate Men is to provide a picture of eighteenth-century England up to the French Revolution. Kronenberger's work lies much closer to a social chronicle than an orthodox history, and is more concerned with manners and tastes than with treaties and wars. Kings and Desperate Men reveals what life was like for both aristocrats and commoners: their family lives, experience of larger society, habits, diet, fashions, religion, and artistic tastes. In tracing these topics for both city and country dwellers, he artfully communicates the very real division between the vivacity of London and the regular, fixed, and monotonous character of country life. The division is vital to understanding the age and the transformations it would experience.Yet Kronenberger does not ignore the more traditional historical landmarks. Kroenberger treats the characters of the leading political actors: Walpole, Bolingbroke, Burke, Fox, and Pitt, while providing the reader with a sweeping account of the formation of political parties and constitutional shifts of power between the monarchy and parliament. Students of the period who despair at its political complexities will fi nd much to appreciate in Kronenberger's condensed and easy to understand formulations.As for philosophy, Kronenberger refers to thinkers and ideas as they influence English life; especially Locke and Hume. Their ideas and reputations are explained as part of the character of society. The same is true for economics. More attention is given to the social gains of middle-class shopkeepers and the eighteenth-century zeal for stock speculation than to formal schools of thought. Especially notable is Kronenberger's treatment of both the arts and the artists of the eighteenth century-theatre, opera, music, literature, architecture, and painting. |
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... becomes Prime Minister 1784 - death of Johnson 1788 - George III goes mad – 1788 - trial of Warren Hastings opens 1790 – Reflexions on the Revolution in France Introduction to the Transaction Edition Justin D. Lyons . > [ CHRONOLOGY ]
... becomes Prime Minister 1784 - death of Johnson 1788 - George III goes mad – 1788 - trial of Warren Hastings opens 1790 – Reflexions on the Revolution in France Introduction to the Transaction Edition Justin D. Lyons . > [ CHRONOLOGY ]
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... become characters , that is , people we can praise or pity , admire or despise . Indeed , one of the most enjoyable aspects of his book is his series of unforgettable comments on the personalities of the eighteenth century : Sarah ...
... become characters , that is , people we can praise or pity , admire or despise . Indeed , one of the most enjoyable aspects of his book is his series of unforgettable comments on the personalities of the eighteenth century : Sarah ...
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... become his rival . Brilliant , eloquent , headlong , devious , he had vast ambitions from which Harley was not only to be excluded but to which , indeed , he was a stumblingblock . Hence Bolingbroke began plotting to supersede him . He ...
... become his rival . Brilliant , eloquent , headlong , devious , he had vast ambitions from which Harley was not only to be excluded but to which , indeed , he was a stumblingblock . Hence Bolingbroke began plotting to supersede him . He ...
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... becoming ever more obnoxious to the Queen , ever laxer at his job , hence easier to remove and so supplant . Time pressed painfully , for the Queen was dying . Yet time was needed , for Bolingbroke had no mature plans or respectable ...
... becoming ever more obnoxious to the Queen , ever laxer at his job , hence easier to remove and so supplant . Time pressed painfully , for the Queen was dying . Yet time was needed , for Bolingbroke had no mature plans or respectable ...
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... becoming more and more unfortunate . For old times ' sake she tolerated much in Sarah ; for holding the Duke to his job she tolerated more . But there are limits to a queen's patience and , as was becoming clearer , to a duke's ...
... becoming more and more unfortunate . For old times ' sake she tolerated much in Sarah ; for holding the Duke to his job she tolerated more . But there are limits to a queen's patience and , as was becoming clearer , to a duke's ...
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