The House of Lords in the age of reform 1784-1837 : with an epilogue on aristocracy and the advent of democracy, 1837-1867.

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Publication details:
London : Faber, 1958.
Record id:
1548
Author:
Turberville, Arthur Stanley, 1888-1945.
Subject:
Great Britain. -- Parliament.
Contents:
I. The age of reform
II. The old House of Lords
III. Pitt's peers
IV. Pitt and the House of Lords
V. The Peers and the French Revolution
VI. The Irish union of 1800, and the representative peers
VII. War and peace: 1801-1816
VIII. The aftermath of war
IX. The House of Lords as a court of law
X. The Duke and the Canningites
XI. The peers and parliamentary reform
XII. The peers and the reform bills
XIII. The spiritual peers and the crisis of reform
XIV. After the reform act: (1) survival
XV. After the reform act: (2) revivial
XVI. After the reform act: (3) counterattack
XVII. The peerage in English society on the eve of the Victorian Age
Epilogue: Aristocracy and the advent of democracy, 1837-1867.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Phys. description:
519 p. ; 23 cm