Outrage in the Age of Reform Irish Agrarian Violence, Imperial Insecurity, and British Governing Policy, 1830–1845
Book contents
- Outrage in the Age of Reform
- Modern British Histories
- Outrage in the Age of Reform
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Governing Ireland in the Age of Reform
- 2 ‘Outrage’ in Ireland
- 3 ‘Justice to Ireland’
- 4 Protestant Mobilisation and the Spectre of Irish Outrages
- 5 Ireland and the Tory Imagination
- 6 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 September 2022
Book contents
- Outrage in the Age of Reform
- Modern British Histories
- Outrage in the Age of Reform
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Governing Ireland in the Age of Reform
- 2 ‘Outrage’ in Ireland
- 3 ‘Justice to Ireland’
- 4 Protestant Mobilisation and the Spectre of Irish Outrages
- 5 Ireland and the Tory Imagination
- 6 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Across 1839 and early 1840 a series of letters addressed to Britain’s Protestants, entitled ‘Popery – the Duties of Protestants’, appeared in provincial newspapers across England.1 Written by the Rev. James Dixon, a Wesleyan minister who would go on to be elected President of the Methodist Conference in 1841, the letters offer a window into the fear and anxiety evinced by many Protestants at the rapid social, religious, and political changes they witnessed in the 1830s.
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- Outrage in the Age of ReformIrish Agrarian Violence, Imperial Insecurity, and British Governing Policy, 1830–1845, pp. 1 - 30Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022