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Fire Within
Anthony Page
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William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765-69)
is perhaps the most elegant and influential legal text in the
history of the common law. By one estimate, Blackstone has been
cited well over 10,000 times in American judicial opinions alone.
Prominent in recent reassessment of Blackstone and his works,
Wilfrid Prest also convened the Adelaide symposia which have now
generated two collections of essays: Blackstone and his
Commentaries: Biography, Law, History (2009), and Re-Interpreting
Blackstone's Commentaries: A Seminal Text in National and
International Contexts (2014). This third collection focuses on
Blackstone's critics and detractors. Leading scholars examine the
initial reception of the Commentaries in the context of debates
over law, religion and politics in eighteenth-century Britain and
Ireland. Having shown Blackstone's volumes to be a contested work
of the Enlightenment, the remaining chapters assess critical
responses to Blackstone on family law, the status of women and
legal education in Britain and America. While Blackstone and his
Commentaries have been widely lauded and memorialised in marble,
this volume highlights the extent to which they have also attracted
censure, controversy and disparagement.
William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765-69)
is perhaps the most elegant and influential legal text in the
history of the common law. By one estimate, Blackstone has been
cited well over 10,000 times in American judicial opinions alone.
Prominent in recent reassessment of Blackstone and his works,
Wilfrid Prest also convened the Adelaide symposia which have now
generated two collections of essays: Blackstone and his
Commentaries: Biography, Law, History (2009), and Re-Interpreting
Blackstone's Commentaries: A Seminal Text in National and
International Contexts (2014). This third collection focuses on
Blackstone's critics and detractors. Leading scholars examine the
initial reception of the Commentaries in the context of debates
over law, religion and politics in eighteenth-century Britain and
Ireland. Having shown Blackstone's volumes to be a contested work
of the Enlightenment, the remaining chapters assess critical
responses to Blackstone on family law, the status of women and
legal education in Britain and America. While Blackstone and his
Commentaries have been widely lauded and memorialised in marble,
this volume highlights the extent to which they have also attracted
censure, controversy and disparagement.
Eighteenth-century Britons were frequently anxious about the threat
of invasion, military weakness, possible financial collapse and
potential revolution. Anthony Page argues that between 1744 and
1815, Britain fought a 'Seventy Years War' with France. This
invaluable study: - Argues for a new periodization of
eighteenth-century British history, and explains the politics and
course of Anglo-French war - Explores Britain's 'fiscal-naval'
state and its role in the expansion of empire and industrial
revolution - Highlights links between war, Enlightenment and the
evolution of modern British culture and politics Synthesizing
recent research on political, military, economic, social and
cultural history, Page demonstrates how Anglo-French war influenced
the revolutionary era and helped to shape the first age of global
imperialism.
A supporter of the American rebellion and advocate of radical
ideas on religion, philosophy, education, law, medicine, and
politics, John Jebb (1736-1786) provides an ideal case to examine
the nature of radicalism in 18th-century Britain. Jebb began his
career as a clergyman and academic at Cambridge in the 1760s and
died as a doctor and leading figure among political reformers in
Enlightenment London. Profoundly influenced by David Hartley's
attempt to combine a Christian theology of universal salvation with
a materialist and determinist account of the mind, Jebb's
philosophical and religious radicalism inspired him to work
tirelessly for reform. This is the first modern extended study of
his life.
While at Cambridge, Jebb provoked strong conservative opposition
to his religious views and proposals for academic reform.
Increasingly marginalized in church and university, as a tide of
loyalism swept the country in response to rebellion in America,
Jebb resigned as a clergyman and moved to London to work as a
doctor. As the American war dragged on with no end in sight, a
popular movement urging political reform developed. Jebb became a
leader of this movement and was instrumental in establishing a
platform that called for universal suffrage and annual elections.
British radicals would continue to campaign for this platform until
the mid-19th century.
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