Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Treason
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Observations on the law of treason; wherein it is attempted to be shewn, that conspiring to levy war is not treason by the law of England
Author: Defining a British State
Author: L. SteffenPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230513751
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Explores the formation of the British state and national identity from 1603-1820 by examining the definitions of sovereignty and allegiance presented in treason trials. The king's person remained central to national identity and the state until republican challenges forced prosecutors in treason trials to innovate and redefine sovereign authority.
Imagining the King's Death
Author: John BarrellPublisher:
ISBN: 9780198112921
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 860
Book Description
It is high treason in British law to imagine the king's death. But after the execution of Louis XVI in 1793, everyone in Britain must have found themselves imagining that the same fate might befall George III. How easy was it to distinguish between fantasising about the death of George and imagining it, in the legal sense of intending or designing? John Barrell examines this question in the context of the political trials of the mid-1790s and the controversies they generated. He shows how the law of treason was adapted in the years following Louis's death to punish what was acknowledged to be a "modern" form of treason unheard of when the law had been framed. The result, he argues, was the invention of a new and imaginary reading, a "figurative" treason, by which the question of who was imagining the king's death, the supposed traitors or those who charged them with treason, became inseparable.
Catalogue of the Printed Books and Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, Manchester
Author: John Rylands LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
F-O
Author: John Rylands LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rare books
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
Bibliotheca Britannica; Or, A General Index to British and Foreign Literature
Author: Robert WattPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 968
Book Description
Bibliotheca Britannica; Or a General Index to British and Foreign Literature. By Robert Watt, M.D. in Two Parts: - Authors and Subjects
Author: Bibliotheca Britannica
Author: Robert WattBibliotheca Britannica: Subjects
Author: Robert WattPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 954
Book Description
A Bibliography of Eighteenth Century Legal Literature
Author: J. N. AdamsPublisher: Avero Publications
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 928
Book Description