Unitarian Radicalism: Political Impact, 1770-1814

by Stuart Andrews

Overview

The Unitarian confrontation with the late 18th century political establishment is reflected in published sermons, pamphlets, and parliamentary debates. Price and Priestley were only the most notorious members of a well-educated, close-knit, and highly articulate intellectual opposition, all the more formidable for dominating the major literary reviews. Focusing on many lesser-known dissenting polemicists, this study uncovers unexpected continuities in Unitarian critiques of government policies and questions whether Burke was justified in equating antitrinitarians with French republicans.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333969250
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date:	03/28/2003
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.88(h) x 0.78(d)

About the Author

Stuart Andrews is the author of five books including The British Periodical Press and The French Revolution.

Editorial Reviews

"In this lucid study, Stuart Andrews looks not only at the famous Priestley but at the nation-wide network to which he belonged. He guides us expertly through the Unitarian literature of protest, emphasizing the long-standing religious convictions and grievances which fed a political rhetoric which Burke and others dismissed as 'Jacobinical'." — John Walsh, Jesus College, Oxford.

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