Course Description
Course Name
Protests, Riots & Propaganda: Popular Politics in 18th Century Britain
Session: VSRS3122
Hours & Credits
20 SCQF Credits
Prerequisites & Language Level
Taught In English
- There is no language prerequisite for courses at this language level.
Overview
The module examines the politics of the middling and lower orders in Britain between the Glorious Revolution of
1688-89 and the French Revolutionary Wars, up to the Peace of Amiens in 1802. It is likely to cover the Glorious
Revolution, early eighteenth-century political causes, later eighteenth-century political causes, the press, local
politics, religion and popular politics, women in politics, and riots, culminating in an assessment of the political
stability of eighteenth-century Britain.
*Course content subject to change