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The Dean of St Asaph's trial: libel and politics in the 1780s
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Page, AR, The Dean of St Asaph's trial: libel and politics in the 1780s, Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, 32, (1) pp. 21-35. ISSN 1754-0194 (2009) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1111/j.1754-0208.2008.00108.x
Abstract
In the early 1780s the Society for Constitutional Information
poured much time and money into defending a charge of libel against one of
its supporters, Jonathan Shipley, dean of St Asaph. This effort has been
dismissed by historians as a waste of resources and a reflection of the waning
of the campaign for political reform. This article examines the political
significance of the Shipley trial in light of recent scholarship that stresses the
importance of the courtroom and print culture in reformist agitation.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | British politics, popular politics, seditious libel, Church of England, Dean of St Asaph, Society for Constitutional Information |
| Research Division: | History, Heritage and Archaeology |
| Research Group: | Historical studies |
| Research Field: | British history |
| Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
| Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in history, heritage and archaeology |
| UTAS Author: | Page, AR (Dr Anthony Page) |
| ID Code: | 56950 |
| Year Published: | 2009 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 3 |
| Deposited By: | History and Classics |
| Deposited On: | 2009-06-10 |
| Last Modified: | 2014-12-08 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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