Georgian Monarchy

Politics and Culture, 1714-1760

By: Hannah Smith

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Hardcover | 8 June 2006

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This book, first published in 2006, is a revisionist account of the monarchy during the reigns of the first two Hanoverian kings of Britain, George I and George II. This detailed study of early Georgian kingship and queenship examines the rhetorical and iconographical fashioning of the dynasty, evaluates the political and social function of the early Georgian court, and provides an extensive analysis of provincial cultures of monarchism. Wide-ranging in the scope of its enquiry and interdisciplinary source material, it rejects the contention that the Georgian kings were tolerated solely on the grounds of political expediency. Instead, Hannah Smith argues that they enjoyed a rich popularity that grew out of a flourishing culture of loyalism. In doing so, she engages with key debates over the nature of early eighteenth-century British society, highlights the European context to British political thinking, and, more broadly, illuminates the functioning of cultures of power in this period.

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'In this wide-ranging, archivally well-grounded, and interesting volume, Dr Smith ... joins the lists of those offering revisionist accounts of the reigns of George I and George II ...' Archives ' ... its general thrust carries conviction and has broader implications for historians of eighteenth-century Britain.' History

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Introduction: or 'When George in pudding time came o'er'
Kingship and Queenship
Images of the early Georgian monarchy
The fashioning of early Georgian kingship and queenship
The Creation of a Culture
Loyalist culture in the localities
The regime, the state, and the enforcement of loyalist culture
The Court
The early Georgian court
Conclusion
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Georgian Monarchy

Politics and Culture, 1714-1760

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