Table of Contents

Introduction: or 'When George in pudding time came o'er'; Part I. Kingship and Queenship: 1. Images of the early Georgian monarchy; 2. The fashioning of early Georgian kingship and queenship; Part II. The Creation of a Culture: 3. Loyalist culture in the localities; 4. The regime, the state, and the enforcement of loyalist culture; Part III. The Court: 5. The early Georgian court; Conclusion.

Promotional Information

This book, first published in 2006, is a revisionist account of the British monarchy during the reigns of the first two Hanoverian kings.

About the Author

Hannah Smith is Director of Studies and College Lecturer in History at Christ's College, Cambridge.

Reviews

'In this wide-ranging, archivally well-grounded, and interesting volume, Dr Smith ... joins the lists of those offering revisionist accounts of the reigns of George I and George II ...' Archives ' ... its general thrust carries conviction and has broader implications for historians of eighteenth-century Britain.' History