Loyalism and Radicalism in Lancashire, 1798-1815
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Loyalism and Radicalism in Lancashire, 1798-1815 by Katrina Navickas
Loyalism and Radicalism in Lancashire, 1798-1815 is a lively and detailed account of popular politics in Lancashire during the later years of the French Revolution and during the Napoleonic wars. Drawing on a wide variety of sources, such as letters, diaries, and broadside ballads, it offers fresh insights into the complicated dynamics between radicalism, loyalism, and patriotism, and emphasises Lancashire's distinctive political culture and its place at the heart of the industrial revolution. This region witnessed some of the most intense, disruptive, and violent popular politics in this period and beyond. Highly active and vocal groups emerged - extreme republicans, more moderate radicals, Luddites, early trade unionists, and also strong networks of 'Church-and-King' loyalists and Orange lodges. Katrina Navickas explains how this heady mix created a politically charged region where both local and national affairs played their part. She follows the inner workings of popular political activity in response to both internal and external threats, including loyalist processions and civic events, volunteer corps formed as defence against invasion, food riots, strikes by trade unions, and both secret and public meetings on the key issues of peace and parliamentary reform. Navickas argues for a distinct sense of regional identity that shaped not only local politics but also patriotism. Lancastrians felt British in the face of the French, but it was a particularly Lancastrian type of Britishness.
The pages of this study are filled with historical detail gleaned from a wide variety of sources.. [A] well-structured volume. * Marion Löffler, Welsh History Review. *
An original and important study, the significance of which far exceeds its modest title... Should be read by anyone with a serious interest in any of the many themes it illuminates; the history of early industrial Lancashire is starting to look ver different, very exciting. * Robert Poole, The English Historical Review. *
An original and important study, the significance of which far exceeds its modest title... Should be read by anyone with a serious interest in any of the many themes it illuminates; the history of early industrial Lancashire is starting to look ver different, very exciting. * Robert Poole, The English Historical Review. *
Dr Katrina Navickas is currently lecturer in British history at the University of Edinburgh, having previously taught at the universities of Oxford and Bath Spa. She read modern history at St. John's College, Oxford, and completed a DPhil there in 2005. Her previous publications include a chapter on volunteer corps in Resisting Napoleon, ed. Mark Philp (2006), and 'The Search for General Ludd,' Social History, 30 (2005). She is now researching a cultural geography of popular protest in northern England, 1760-1848.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780199559671 |
| ISBN 10 | 0199559678 |
| Title | Loyalism and Radicalism in Lancashire, 1798-1815 |
| Author | Katrina Navickas |
| Series | Oxford Historical Monographs |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2009-01-15 |
| Number of pages | 286 |
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