Table of Contents:
  • Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The Nature of Towns; 2. Rulers and Ruled; 3. Legitimizing Authority: The Content of Government; 4. Legitimizing Authority: Dignity, Conviviality, and Celebration; 5. Getting on with the Neighbours; 6. Religion; 7. From Restoration to Exclusion; 8. Campaign against the Charters, 1682-1685; 9. A Factious City: Bristol in the Reign of Charles II; 10. James II; 11. After the Revolution, 1689-1699; 12. The Rage of Party, 1700-1714; 13. The Triumph of the Whigs? 1714-1722; Conclusion; Select Bibliography; Index.