Mercy and British Culture, 1760 -1960
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Word Count
72,000 words, Guess
Page Count
288 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL33917582M
- ISBN-139781350142589
- OCLC Control Number1260172934
- OCLC Control Number1281197872
- Library of Congress Control Number2021023776
Classifications
- LCCBV4647.M4 G737 2022
Description
"Employing an innovative cultural-historical approach, James Gregory provides a wide-reaching yet detailed overview of the concept of mercy in modern Britain, spanning over two centuries. Split into 3 main parts, the first explores mercy's religious and philosophical aspects; the second, at the royal acts of mercy from the Hanoverian accession to Victoria's death; and the third, case studies of large-scale mobilization of mercy discourses in Britain, Europe, and the US"--
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