Georgian Oxford: University Politics in the Eighteenth Century

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• Title Page iii
• Preface v
• Contents vii
• Abbreviations ix
• Prologue - Eighteenth-Century Oxford 1
• Part I - Oxford Under William and Anne 1689--1714 11
• Chapter II - Oxford and the Political Factions 24
• Chapter III - Tory Hey-Day 38
• Part II - The Hanoverian Succession 1714-25 52
• Chapter V - Oxford Under Attack 69
• Chapter VI - Oxford Under Visitation? 83
• Chapter VII - The Battle in the Colleges 97
• Chapter VIII - The Battle at the Polls 119
• Part III - Oxford in Opposition 1725-51 131
• Chapter X - A Quiet Interlude 152
• Chapter XI - The Crisis Renewed: a Tory Triumph 161

• Title Page iii
• Preface v
• Contents vii
• Abbreviations ix
• Prologue - Eighteenth-Century Oxford 1
• Part I - Oxford Under William and Anne 1689--1714 11
• Chapter II - Oxford and the Political Factions 24
• Chapter III - Tory Hey-Day 38
• Part II - The Hanoverian Succession 1714-25 52
• Chapter V - Oxford Under Attack 69
• Chapter VI - Oxford Under Visitation? 83
• Chapter VII - The Battle in the Colleges 97
• Chapter VIII - The Battle at the Polls 119
• Part III - Oxford in Opposition 1725-51 131
• Chapter X - A Quiet Interlude 152
• Chapter XI - The Crisis Renewed: a Tory Triumph 161
• Part IV - The Court Tries Again 1751-68 192
• Chapter XIII - Two New Chancellors and a New King 207
• Chapter XIV - Another Placeman Defeated 226
• Part V - The Reconciliation of Court And University, 1768-80 239
• Chapter XVI - Lord North and the Universiy Test 256
• Epilogue - The Reconciliation Confirmed 269
• Notes 280
• Appendix - Chancellors and Burgesses of the University Of Oxford, 1688-1780 286
• Index 287