{"id":4015,"date":"2021-03-30T19:54:20","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T18:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=4015"},"modified":"2021-03-30T19:55:15","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T18:55:15","slug":"a-better-sense-of-government-the-inventing-of-great-britain-1689-1714","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=4015","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;A BETTER SENSE OF GOVERNMENT&#8217; The Inventing of Great Britain 1689-1714"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin Harrison, Martin R Jervis, Andrew Jones, Creina Mansfield<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u201cAs for us BRITONS, thank Heaven, we have a <\/strong><\/em><em><strong>better sense of Government deliver&#8217;d us from our Ancestors.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Anthony\u00a0 Ashley-Cooper, <em>Sensus Communis<\/em> (1709)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The end of the English Stuart dynasty was marked by monarchies of William and Mary, and that of Queen Anne. Starting with the 1689 Revolutionary Settlement and ending with imminence of Jacobite rebellion in 1714, we see an era of rapid political change that laid the foundation for future world empire. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Apr 12\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>The 1688 Glorious Revolution [AJ]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Apr\u00a0 19\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>The Revolutionary Settlement (1689-1702) [ AJ]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Apr 26\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>The Acts of Union (1707)\u00a0 [KH]<\/p>\n<p><strong>May\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>The English Enlightenment\u00a0 [AJ]<\/p>\n<p><strong>May 10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>A New Pride : Restoration Art in England [SM]<\/p>\n<p><strong>May 17\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714) [ MJ ]<\/p>\n<p><strong>May 24\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Coffee House Culture: Foreign Trade &amp; its impact on Politics [MJ]<\/p>\n<p><strong>May\u00a0 31\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Jonathan Swift:\u00a0 <em>A Tale of the Tub. Written for the Universal<\/em><em>\u00a0 Improvement of All Mankind.<\/em> [CM]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jun\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Anthony Ashley-Cooper: &#8216;A Better Sense of government&#8217; [MJ]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jun 14\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>The Spectre at the Feast \u2013 the Jacobite threat [ MJ]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Day<\/strong>: Mondays\u00a0 \u00a0 <strong>Time<\/strong>:\u00a0 Morning:\u00a0 10.30 \u2013 12.30 BST<br \/>\n<b>Online Learning Environment:\u00a0<\/b>Zoom<\/p>\n<p>Price for all three sessions:<\/p>\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Price<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Concessions<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Minimum No.<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Maximum No.<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a350<\/td>\n<td>n\/a<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li>The price includes households<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please send your\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/MANCENT-booking-form-new.pdf\" data-slimstat=\"3\">MANCENT booking form<\/a>\u00a0with accompanying payment to the address below. If you prefer to pay through BACS, please contact the lecturer for further particulars.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please ensure payment is made prior to the start of the course<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>METHOD OF PAYMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cheque<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Always ensure that your cheque is made out to Andrew Jones only. Send by post, to the following address:<br \/>\n31 Windsor Avenue, Gatley, Manchester SK8 4DT<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>BACS: Please email or phone Andrew Jones for Sort Code &amp; Account No.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Always ensure that you enter your name <u>and course reference number <\/u>in the reference box contained in the BACS payment form<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact details: Andrew Jones:<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"mailto:andrew.jones364@btinternet.com\">andrew.jones364@btinternet.com \u00a0 <\/a><strong>Telephone No. <\/strong>0161-491-2874<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin Harrison, Martin R Jervis, Andrew Jones, Creina Mansfield \u201cAs for us BRITONS, thank Heaven, we have a better sense of Government deliver&#8217;d us from our Ancestors.\u201d Anthony\u00a0 Ashley-Cooper, Sensus Communis (1709) The end of the English Stuart dynasty was marked by monarchies of William and Mary, and that of Queen Anne. 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