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Reform And Democracy: British And American Reactions To The French Revolution, 1789-1801, Martha Lingua Wheless
Reform And Democracy: British And American Reactions To The French Revolution, 1789-1801, Martha Lingua Wheless
History Theses & Dissertations
The outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789 had a profound effect on the countries of the western world. In Great Britain and America initial reaction to the Revolution was overwhelmingly positive, but as the events in France became increasingly violent opinions began to diverge. This thesis examines the diverse popular reactions to the French Revolution in both Great Britain and America. The role played by the governments of these nations in shaping public opinion is considered, as are the effects of the populaces' reactions on the government's policies, which culminated in the suppression of the parliamentary reform movement in …
William Courtenay's England : An Aristocratic Bishop In The Fourteenth Century, Michael P. Gwaltney
William Courtenay's England : An Aristocratic Bishop In The Fourteenth Century, Michael P. Gwaltney
Honors Theses
Despite religious controversy that threatened the church and
endangered the state, William Courtenay, as an aristocratic bishop,
succeeded in preserving the traditional structure of the medieval
English Church. During the second half of the fourtheenth century,
England sustained reversals abroad in the renewed war with France.
The military setbacks aggrevated the domestic unrest, which existed
under the uncertain leadership of senile Edward III and then young
Richard II. Church and state in medieval society were so closely
interwoven by means of a cohesive religion that "any substantial
alteration of the church system could have led to a revolution of a …