Lecture / Seminar Table - British Parliamentary and Electoral Politics, 1688-1832 (HI254)
Term 1
- 13th October Introduction to Eighteenth century politics
- 20th October Women and Politics in the Eighteenth Century
- Seminar: Contexts
- 27th October The rise of party
- 3rd November The Revolutions of 1688-9 - Interpretations
- Seminar: The Glorious Revolution - Political implications
- 10th November British Politics in the Age of Anne
- Seminar: The First Age of Party
- 17th November Elections and Voting Behaviour in the First Age of Party
- Seminar: Elections and voting behaviour in the age of Anne
- 24th November The Age of Oligarchy
- 1st December Opposition politics in the reign of George II
- Seminar: The Age of Oligarchy: Stability or Strife?
- 8th December No Lecture
Term 2
- 12th January George III and the Politicians, 1760-1780
- 19th January Wilkes and the Wilkites
- Seminar: Wilkes and radicalism
- 26th January The American war
- 2nd February The French Revolution and British Politics
- Seminar: Crises to the Hanoverian Regime
- 9th February The Whigs, 1780-1832
- 16th February Tories and Toryism, 1780-1832
- Seminar: Party ideology before 1832
- 23rd February The Unreformed Electoral System after 1715
- 2nd March Voting Behaviour 1760-1832
- Seminar: Elections and voting behaviour, 1715-1832
- 9th March Peterloo and the Pressure for Reform
- 16th March No Lecture
Term 3
- 27th April The Great Reform Act
- Seminar: Reform
- 4th May Contexts and Conclusions
- Seminar: Evaluation and revision