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George III
King and politicians 1760-1770
Introduction
The eighteenth-century was long deemed 'the classical age of the constitution' in Britain, with cabinet government based on a two-party system of Whigs and Tories in Parliament, and a monarchy whose powers had been emasculated by the Glorious Revolution.
This study furthers the work of Sir Lewis Namier who argued in 1929 that no such party system existed, George III was not a cypher and that Parliament was an administration comprising factions and opposition.
George III's Role and Historical Debate
George III was a high-profile and well-known character in British history whose policies have often been blamed for the loss of Britain's American colonies, around whom rages a perennial dispute over his aims: was he seeking to restore royal power, or merely exercising his constitutional rights?
Scope of the Study
The first chronological survey of the first ten years of George III's reign through power politics and policy-making.
An electronic edition of this book is freely available under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND) licence.
