Studies in Modern History: Religious Dissent and Political Modernization in Nineteenth-Century England

Floyd, Richard D.

Through close examination of dozens of electoral contests in carefully chosen constituencies, the author demonstrates that the fundamental division separating the burgeoning liberal and conservative parties in England in the 1830s and 1840s was religion, and that this controversy was what created a perceptible two-party system in British politics.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2008-01-23

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230525405

DOI: 10.1057/9780230590588

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 295