A War of Ideas: British Attitudes to the Wars Against Revolutionary France, 1792–1802

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Emma Vincent Macleod

A War of Ideas

British Attitudes to the Wars Against Revolutionary France, 1792–1802

Emma Vincent Macleod

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Routledge
30 June 2020

British & Irish history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Social & cultural history; French Revolution; Social & political philosophy

Series: Routledge Revivals

The responses of British people to the French Revolution has recently received considerable attention from historians. British commentators often expressed a sense of the novelty and scale of European wars which followed, yet their views on this conflict have not yet attracted such thorough examination. This book offers a wide-ranging exploration of the attitudes of various groups of British people to the conflict during the 1790’s: the Government, their supporters and their opponents inside and outside Parliament, women, churchmen, and the broad mass of British public opinion. It presents the debate in England and Scotland provoked by the war both as the sequel to the French Revolution and as a distinct debate in itself. Emma Vincent

Macleod argues that contemporaries saw this conflict as one of the first since the wars of religion to be significantly shaped by ideological hostility rather than solely by a struggle over strategic interests.

By: Emma Vincent Macleod
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781138320604
ISBN 10: 1138320609
Series: Routledge Revivals
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 30 June 2020
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Edmund Burke and the War Against the French Revolution. 2. Government Attitudes: The Pitt Administration and George III. 3. Loyalists and War Crusaders. 4. The Opposition to the War (I): The Foxite Whigs. 5. The Opposition to the War (II): Radicals and Friends of Peace. 6. Churchmen: Political Preaching, Patriotism and Pacifism. 7. Women at War: British Women and the Debate on the Wars Against Revolutionary France. 8. The Voice of the People? Public Opinion and the Wars Against Revolutionary France.

Emma Vincent Macleod

Reviews for A War of Ideas: British Attitudes to the Wars Against Revolutionary France, 1792–1802

’Macleod has read very widely and her survey offers a comprehensive view of the range of British attitudes at the time.’ French History, Vol. 13, No. 3 ’...an interesting and scholarly volume which...will deservedly be widely used for many years to come.’ Parliamentary History, Vol. 18, No. 1 ’ ...a judicious and thoughtful book.’ British Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol. 23, part 1 ’This book is an important contribution to an expanding body of literature on Britain in the 1790s and will excite considerable interest from historians of ideas.’ English Historical Review, Vol. 115, no. 461