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The Contentious Crown - Public Discussion of the British Monarchy in the Reign of Queen Victoria (Hardcover)
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The Contentious Crown - Public Discussion of the British Monarchy in the Reign of Queen Victoria (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Revivals
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First published in 1997, The Contentious Crown is a study of
comment on the monarchy in Victorian newspapers, journals,
pamphlets and parliamentary debates. It examines radical and
republican criticism, reverence and sentimentality, perceptions of
the Crown's political role, the relationship between the monarchy
and patriotism and attitudes to royal ceremonial. Williams shows
that discussion of the monarchy throughout the reign was of a far
greater volume and complexity than has hitherto been realized. Two
strands of discussion, one critical, one reverential, co-existed
from Victoria's accession to her death. Criticism was overwhelmed
by reverence by the 1880s since the Crown's most controversial
features, especially its political influence and foreignness, were
seen to have receded, allowing the monarchy and Royal Family to
appear in their ceremonial, domestic and philanthropic roles as the
ideal family and the figurehead of the nation and Empire. The book
gives a historical context to the current problems of the British
monarchy by showing that controversy and debate are by no means
novel and that the secure position achieved in the late nineteenth
century was the product of circumstances which no longer exist.
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