Politics and Foreign Policy in the Age of George I, 1714-1727

Name: Politics and Foreign Policy in the Age of George I, 1714-1727
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Through its focus on the relationship between foreign and domestic politics, this book provides a new perspective on the events of George I's reign (1714-27). Based on a wealth of British and foreign primary sources, Black links diplomacy to domestic politics to show that foreign policy was a key aspect of government as well as the leading battleground both for domestic politics and for ministerial rivalries. As a result he demonstrates how party identities in foreign policy were not marginal to either policy or party but instead central to both. > Through its focus on the relationship between foreign and domestic politics, this book provides a new perspective on the often fractious and tangled events of George I\u2019s reign (1714-27). This was a period of transition for Britain, as royal authority gave way to cabinet government, and as the country began to exercise increased influence upon the world stage. It was a reign that witnessed the trauma of the 1715 Jacobite Rebellion, .