the age of george iii. change challenged assumptions new king
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The Age of George III
Change
• Challenged assumptions
• New King
Historiography
• Debates among historians
• Whig Interpretation of History
Sir Lewis Namier
• Prosopography (Namierization)
Sir Herbert Butterfield
• Limited questions bring inaccurate results
• What people talk about at the time has meaning
George III’s Personality
• Morally consistent• Respectable• Admired learning
George III’s Library
George III’s Library (1851)
Enlightened Despotism
• Frederick the Great (Prussia)
• Catherine the Great (Russia)
• Joseph II (Austria)
1760s
• King sought reliable minister
• Lord Bute
• Decade of experimentation
1770s
• Lord North
Case of John Wilkes
• Beginning of radical impulse
• North Briton No. 45• General Warrants• Essay on Woman
Results
• General warrants unconstitutional
• Middlesex voters rights upheld
• Interest in Parliamentary debates increased
• Supporters of the Bill of Rights
• Clear political reform program
Wilkes and Liberty