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Irish Potatoes and British Politics: Peel, Wellington, and the Repeal of the Corn Laws

Iain McLean

in Rational Choice and British Politics: An Analysis of Rhetoric and Manipulation from Peel to Blair

A case study of the Repeal of the Corn Laws (1846) under Peel and Wellington. They manipulated the issue dimensions, and got a measure passed in both houses that damaged the material interests of the ... More

A case study of the Repeal of the Corn Laws (1846) under Peel and Wellington. They manipulated the issue dimensions, and got a measure passed in both houses that damaged the material interests of the median MP and peer.Less

“Pour la Patrie”

Alan Schom

in One Hundred Days: Napoleon's Road to Waterloo

This chapter examines the start of Napoleon Bonaparte's war against the Allied Powers. The first battle was against the Prussians. Because of problems with his army, Napoleon found his schedule ... More

This chapter examines the start of Napoleon Bonaparte's war against the Allied Powers. The first battle was against the Prussians. Because of problems with his army, Napoleon found his schedule thrown completely out of kilter at very outset of a massive offensive. But with Napoleon's determination and the intervention of the Imperial Guard, the French army was able to repulse the Prussians. This chapter provides background information on the Duke of Wellington, the leader of the Allied army.Less

Eve of Battle

Alan Schom

in One Hundred Days: Napoleon's Road to Waterloo

This chapter examines the war preparation and pre-war festivities in Belgium on the eve of the Battle of Waterloo. The Duke of Wellington, despite his busy schedule preparing for war against Napoleon ... More

This chapter examines the war preparation and pre-war festivities in Belgium on the eve of the Battle of Waterloo. The Duke of Wellington, despite his busy schedule preparing for war against Napoleon Bonaparte, was able to attend these events. As early as May 1815, the Allied Powers had already devised a strategy against Napoleon under the leadership of Wellington and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher. They understood that Napoleon's strategy involved speed and efficiency of attack and tactical surprise.Less

Waterloo

Alan Schom

in One Hundred Days: Napoleon's Road to Waterloo

This chapter examines the highlights of the Battle of Waterloo. During this time Napoleon Bonaparte had been sick, his actions continued to remain uncharacteristic and unpredictable and he was ... More

This chapter examines the highlights of the Battle of Waterloo. During this time Napoleon Bonaparte had been sick, his actions continued to remain uncharacteristic and unpredictable and he was equally lax in making decisions. Despite this, his army defeated the Prussians on June 16, 1815, which threatened the unity of the Allied Powers. Duke Ellington's army, on the other hand, was able to survive repeated attacks by the French. They were later able to drive the French from the field, and with the assistance of the remaining Prussian troops, defeated the French.Less

When did they know? The cabinet, informers and Cato Street

Richard A. Gaunt

in The Cato Street Conspiracy: Plotting, Counter-Intelligence and the Revolutionary Tradition in Britain and Ireland

An examination of the role of spies, informers and turncoats in bringing the Cato Street Conspiracy to the attention of the authorities.

Second Fronts: Success, Failure, and Implications

Phillip S. Meilinger

in Thoughts on War

War colleges often discuss what are termed “peripheral operations.” Unfortunately, it is a poor term because it connotes secondary military operations using expendable or auxiliary forces. Yet, some ... More

War colleges often discuss what are termed “peripheral operations.” Unfortunately, it is a poor term because it connotes secondary military operations using expendable or auxiliary forces. Yet, some of these campaigns were major actions employing large numbers of troops and which had major strategic effects. Indeed, such maneuvers were often termed “the British Way of War.” “Second front operations” is a far more useful term to describe assaults occurring outside the main theater using major forces. This chapter discusses four such campaigns—two were successful and two were not. The intent is to address why such operations were launched, and then to draw lessons to guide future strategists.Less

Attempting to Win France for Abolition

in Zachary Macaulay 1768–1838: The Steadfast Scot in the British Anti-Slavery Movement

This chapter examines Zachary Macaulay's work in negotiating for French abolition of the slave trade as part of a peace treaty between Great Britain and France. It discusses Macaulay's encounter with ... More

This chapter examines Zachary Macaulay's work in negotiating for French abolition of the slave trade as part of a peace treaty between Great Britain and France. It discusses Macaulay's encounter with Madame de Staël and the Duke of Wellington, and suggests that the failure of his efforts may be attributed to the propaganda to justify slavery and the resistance of the colonists. The chapter highlights the inactivity of many abolitionists in Britain during the period between 1815 and 1823, and discusses the implications of the French government's recognition of Haitian independence in 1825.Less

‘We only have to be lucky once’: Cato Street, insurrection and the revolutionary tradition

Jason McElligott and Martin Conboy

in The Cato Street Conspiracy: Plotting, Counter-Intelligence and the Revolutionary Tradition in Britain and Ireland

An overview of the Cato Street Conspiracy and why it should be taken seriously by historians of Britain and Ireland.

Introduction

Laura Eastlake

in Ancient Rome and Victorian Masculinity

This introductory chapter presents the theoretical and methodological approaches used in the book as a whole before identifying in the works of early Victorian writers like Thomas Arnold, John Stuart ... More

This introductory chapter presents the theoretical and methodological approaches used in the book as a whole before identifying in the works of early Victorian writers like Thomas Arnold, John Stuart Mill, and Thomas Babington Macaulay a sense of the privileged insight of the Victorian male into the ancient Roman past. Yet despite the self-confident bombast of such writers on the modernity and liberality of the age, the nineteenth century also experienced unprecedented social, cultural and educational changes which resulted in the fragmenting of masculine identities. It therefore theorizes a way of understanding Rome as a contested space, with an array of possible scripts and narratives that could be harnessed to frame models of masculine ideality, or to vilify perceived deviance from those ideals, and allows for an understanding of masculinity as being rooted in the power of reception.Less