Birth of Romantic Radicalism: War, Popular Politics and English Radical Reformism, 1800-1815 Book

	Preface
	Abbreviations and notations
1	The Romanticization of British Culture	1
	Britain and the French revolution	1
	The evolution of a romantic morality	4
	The French revolution and the romantic rejoinder	6
	Romanticism and radicalism	10
2	The Origins of Romantic Radicalism	14
	Patriotic reformers and the rise of Sir Francis Burdett	14
	William Cobbett and loyalist reformism	26
3	The Birth of Romantic Radicalism	34
	The demise of the Ministry of All the Talents	34
	Radicals shed the Whig connection	38
	The triumph of Westminster	42
	The war effort, national virtue and romantic radicalism	46
4	The Spanish Chimera	54
	The mounting power of France	54
	The Spanish patriots	62
5	Military Disaster	73
	The Convention of Cintra	73
	National disgust	79
	Radical and popular convergence	92
6	The Duke of York and Mrs Clarke	109
	Radicalism and the commander-in-chief	109
	Parliamentary inquiry: the radicals seize the initiative	118
7	Romantic Radicalism Confirmed	136
	Practical proofs of the radical assertions	136
	Corruption and consequences in the public sphere	140
	Corruption and consequences in the private sphere	148
8	The Confounding of Romantic Radicalism	161
	Political repression	161
	Challenges to radical virtue: the leadership	169
	Challenges to radical virtue: the led	178
	The political economy of romantic radicalism	182
	The radical retreat	188
9	Conclusion: the Consequences of Romantic Radicalism	198
	Bibliography	221
	Index	265