Record #526 (edit record; developers only)

Date: 1788

Event:

King George III's mental illness occasions the Regency Crisis: Edmund Burke and Charles James Fox attack the ministry of William Pitt the Younger by trying to obtain full regal powers for the Prince of Wales.

Topics:

*The Regency Crisis
*House of Hanover  

Links for George III Hanover:

George III (Biography of George III Hanover, with notes on the political situation of his time.) (Brittania Internet Magazine)

"Stanzas To the Memory of George III " (Transcription of the Felicia Hemans text.) (Mary Mark Ockerbloom)

 

Links for Edmund Burke:

Biography of Edmund Burke (Concise Burke bio with some links to primary texts) (American Revolution HTML Project)

Edmund Burke (Brief biography of Edmund Burke with links to texts and other resources.) (Bjorn Christensson)

"An Address to the King" (Text-only version of Edmund Burke's speech, which was published posthumously in 1812.) (Patricia Craddock)

"On Taste" (Text-only transcription of Burke's text. From Sublime and Beautiful.) (Michael Gamer)

A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful (Text-only transcription of Burke's essay.) (Michael Gamer)

Reflections on the Revolution in France (Full text-only transcription of Burke's essay. Based on Virginia Tech's version.) (Bjorn Christensson)

 

Links for House of Hanover:

George I (History of George's reign, including the political situation of the time.)

George II (Concise history of George II, his reign, and the political situation of the time.)

Royal Geneologies: Frederick Louis Hanover, Prince of Wales (Geneology and life dates of Frederick.) (Denis Reid)

George III (Biography of George III Hanover, with notes on the political situation of his time.) (Brittania Internet Magazine)

 

   

Record Created or Last Modified By:

Shawn Mummert

Date Last Modified:

6/23/1999


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