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1. A King, a Prince, and Civil and Religious Liberty

Richard W. Davis

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A Political History of the House of Lords, 1811-1846

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Acknowledgments v
Contents vii
Introduction 1
1. A King, a Prince, and Civil and Religious Liberty 5
2. The Regency Crisis 20
3. The Catholic Question 34
4. The Ways Begin to Part 51
5. The Parting of the Ways 65
6. Peterloo and Queen Caroline 81
7. Efforts at Emancipation, 1819–1825 98
8. Questionable Theories and Practical Politics in the 1820s 111
9. Lansdowne and Canning 125
10. The Constitutional Revolution Begins, 1828–1829 141
11. Reform 157
12. Resurgence 174
13. Cooperation and Confrontation 187
14. The Municipal Corporations Act 199
15. Irish Questions 215
16. Discontented Conservatives 228
17. The Jamaican Constitution and the Education Controversy 240
18. Wellington, Peel, and the Triumph of the Conservatives 252
20. Religious Conflicts Begin, 1843 278
21. The Dissenters Chapels Act, the Factory Act, and the Welsh Bishops Bill 292
22. The Maynooth Grant, 1845 305
23. Corn Law Repeal, 1845–1846 322
Conclusion 337
Notes 347
Index 371

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Acknowledgments v
Contents vii
Introduction 1
1. A King, a Prince, and Civil and Religious Liberty 5
2. The Regency Crisis 20
3. The Catholic Question 34
4. The Ways Begin to Part 51
5. The Parting of the Ways 65
6. Peterloo and Queen Caroline 81
7. Efforts at Emancipation, 1819–1825 98
8. Questionable Theories and Practical Politics in the 1820s 111
9. Lansdowne and Canning 125
10. The Constitutional Revolution Begins, 1828–1829 141
11. Reform 157
12. Resurgence 174
13. Cooperation and Confrontation 187
14. The Municipal Corporations Act 199
15. Irish Questions 215
16. Discontented Conservatives 228
17. The Jamaican Constitution and the Education Controversy 240
18. Wellington, Peel, and the Triumph of the Conservatives 252
20. Religious Conflicts Begin, 1843 278
21. The Dissenters Chapels Act, the Factory Act, and the Welsh Bishops Bill 292
22. The Maynooth Grant, 1845 305
23. Corn Law Repeal, 1845–1846 322
Conclusion 337
Notes 347
Index 371

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