Preface List of tables, figures and maps Abbreviations 1. An introduction to religion in eighteenth-century political culture Part I. The Legal Status, Social Structure, and Ideology of Nonconformity: 2. Nonconformity, the law, and society 3. Nonconformity in politics: influence and independence 4. The dissenting pulpit, political ideology, and American independence 5. The dissenting pulpit and political radicalism in England Part II. Poll Books, Parliamentary Politics, and Nonconformity: 6. The dissenting interest and the American crisis in Bristol 7. The dissenting vote and electoral independence in Brstol and Great Yarmouth 8. Deference and the dissenting vote in Newcastle, Liverpool, Hull, and Colchester Part III. Petitions for Peace, Nonconformity, and Popular Politics: 9. The petitions of 1775: popular politics and the American crisis 10. The petitioners of 1775: law, social status, and religion Conclusion Appendix Bibliography Index.
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