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Author | : James Gregory |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2020-10-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1350142441 |
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In the first detailed study of its kind, James Gregory's book takes a historical approach to mercy by focusing on widespread and varied discussions about the quality, virtue or feeling of mercy in the British world during Victoria's reign. Gregory covers an impressive range of themes from the gendered discourses of 'emotional' appeal surrounding Queen Victoria to the exercise and withholding of royal mercy in the wake of colonial rebellion throughout the British empire. Against the backdrop of major events and their historical significance, a masterful synthesis of rich source material is analysed, including visual depictions (paintings and cartoons in periodicals and popular literature) and literary ones (in sermons, novels, plays and poetry). Gregory's sophisticated analysis of the multiple meanings, uses and operations of royal mercy duly emphasise its significance as a major theme in British cultural history during the 'long 19th century'. This will be essential reading for those interested in the history of mercy, the history of gender, British social and cultural history and the legacy of Queen Victoria's reign.
Author | : DR JAMES. GREGORY |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : Electronic books |
ISBN | : 9781350142466 |
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1. Introduction -- 2. Royal Mercy's Constitutional Context -- 3. Victoria's Merciful Predecessors -- 4. Public Views of Victoria's Mercy -- 5. Mercy in the Royal Archives -- 6. Royal Mercy: Rebellion and Attempted Assassination -- 7. Victoria Beatrix: Victoria's Empire of Mercy -- 8. Envoi to Victoria -- 9. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
Author | : James Gregory (Historian) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2021 |
Genre | : Civilization |
ISBN | : 9781350142619 |
Download Mercy and British Culture, 1760 -1960 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"Employing an innovative cultural-historical approach, James Gregory provides a wide-reaching yet detailed overview of the concept of mercy in modern Britain, spanning over two centuries. Split into 3 main parts, the first explores mercy's religious and philosophical aspects; the second, at the royal acts of mercy from the Hanoverian accession to Victoria's death; and the third, case studies of large-scale mobilization of mercy discourses in Britain, Europe, and the US"--
Author | : Patrick Low |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 217 |
Release | : 2020-11-29 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1000095819 |
Download Execution Culture in Nineteenth Century Britain Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This edited collection offers multi-disciplinary reflections and analysis on a variety of themes centred on nineteenth century executions in the UK, many specifically related to the fundamental change in capital punishment culture as the execution moved from the public arena to behind the prison wall. By examining a period of dramatic change in punishment practice, this collection of essays provides a fresh historical perspective on nineteenth century execution culture, with a focus on Scotland, Wales and the regions of England. From Public Spectacle to Hidden Ritual has two parts. Part 1 addresses the criminal body and the witnessing of executions in the nineteenth century, including studies of the execution crowd and executioners’ memoirs, as well as reflections on the experience of narratives around capital punishment in museums in the present day. Part 2 explores the treatment of the execution experience in the print media, from the nineteenth and into the twentieth century. The collection draws together contributions from the fields of Heritage and Museum Studies, History, Law, Legal History and Literary Studies, to shed new light on execution culture in nineteenth century Britain. This volume will be of interest to students and academics in the fields of criminology, heritage and museum studies, history, law, legal history, medical humanities and socio-legal studies.
Author | : James Gregory |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2021-11-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 135014259X |
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Spanning over 2 centuries, James Gregory's Mercy and British Culture, 1760 -1960 provides a wide-reaching yet detailed overview of the concept of mercy in British cultural history. While there are many histories of justice and punishment, mercy has been a neglected element despite recognition as an important feature of the 18th-century criminal code. Mercy and British Culture, 1760-1960 looks first at mercy's religious and philosophical aspects, its cultural representations and its embodiment. It then looks at large-scale mobilisation of mercy discourses in Ireland, during the French Revolution, in the British empire, and in warfare from the American war of independence to the First World War. This study concludes by examining mercy's place in a twentieth century shaped by total war, atomic bomb, and decolonisation.
Author | : James Gregory |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2021-12-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1350142581 |
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"Employing an innovative cultural-historical approach, James Gregory provides a wide-reaching yet detailed overview of the concept of mercy in modern Britain, spanning over two centuries. Split into 3 main parts, the first explores mercy's religious and philosophical aspects; the second, at the royal acts of mercy from the Hanoverian accession to Victoria's death; and the third, case studies of large-scale mobilization of mercy discourses in Britain, Europe, and the US"--
Author | : Dennis Grube |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 2013-07-15 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0857722573 |
Download At the Margins of Victorian Britain Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Victorian Britain, at the head of the vast British Empire, was the wealthiest and most powerful country in the world. Yet, not all Britons were seen as possessing the characteristics that defined what it actually meant to be 'British.' At the Margins of Victorian Britain focuses on the political means of policing unwanted 'others' in Victorian society: the Irish, Catholics and Jews, atheists, prostitutes and homosexuals. In this groundbreaking study, Dennis Grube details the laws and conventions that were legally and culturally enforced in order to bar these 'others' from gaining power and influence in Victorian Britain. Utilizing a wide-ranging analysis, the book focuses on key case-studies: the anti-Semitism implicit in Lord Rothschild's barring from the House of Commons; the fine line between accepted male love and companionship and homosexuality, culminating in the Oscar Wilde trials of the 1890s; and how laws against disease were used to police prostitutes and correct moral vices. Political and legal rhetoric, backed by the force of legislation, set the boundaries of 'Britishness', and enforced those boundaries through the 'majesty' of British law. As Jews, Roman Catholics and atheists were brought into a genuine sense of partnership in the British constitution by being allowed to seek election to Parliament - homosexuals, prostitutes and the allegedly innately criminal Irish found themselves further and more vehemently displaced as the nineteenth century progressed. 'Otherness' stopped being a religious question and became instead a moral one. That fundamental shift marks the moment that 'Britishness' became a values-based question. And we've been arguing about what those values are ever since. This will be essential reading for those working in the fields of Victorian studies, social and cultural history and constitutional identity.
Author | : Ruth Ashby |
Publisher | : Institute for Public Policy Research |
Total Pages | : 84 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780761414933 |
Download Victorian England Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Describes English society in the years of Queen Victoria's reign (1837-1901), with attention to class structure, gender roles, artistic and scientific achievements.
Author | : Jonathan Conlin |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2014-01-16 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1441187529 |
Download Evolution and the Victorians Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Charles Darwin's discovery of evolution by natural selection was the greatest scientific discovery of all time. The publication of his 1859 book, On the Origin of Species, is normally taken as the point at which evolution erupted as an idea, radically altering how the Victorians saw themselves and others. This book tells a very different story. Darwin's discovery was part of a long process of negotiation between imagination, faith and knowledge which began long before 1859 and which continues to this day. Evolution and the Victorians provides historians with a survey of the thinkers and debates implicated in this process, from the late 18th century to the First World War. It sets the history of science in its social and cultural context. Incorporating text-boxes, illustrations and a glossary of specialist terms, it provides students with the background narrative and core concepts necessary to engage with specialist historians such as Adrian Desmond, Bernard Lightman and James Secord. Conlin skilfully synthesises material from a range of sources to show the ways in which the discovery of evolution was a collaborative enterprise pursued in all areas of Victorian society, including many that do not at first appear "scientific".
Author | : Antoinette Burton |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 185 |
Release | : 2017-01-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1474230164 |
Download An ABC of Queen Victoria's Empire Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"An alphabet of the darker side of Queen Victoria's reign, covering key events, concepts, places and people that shaped the British empire over the long 19th century"--