Gordon Pentland is Reader in History in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh. He has degrees from Oxford and Edinburgh and is a member of the RSE Young Academy of Scotland. His publications include Radicalism, Reform and National Identity, 1820-1833 (2008), Spirit of the Union: Popular Politics in Scotland, 1815-1820 (2011) and a large number of articles in journals including the English Historical Review, Historical Journal, Journal of British Studies, Past & Present and the Scottish Historical Review. Michael T. Davis is Lecturer in the School of Humanities at Griffith University. His publications include Radicalism and Revolution in Britain, 1775-1848 (2000); London Corresponding Society (2002); Newgate in Revolution: An Anthology of Radical Prison Literature in the Age of Revolution (ed. with I. McCalman and C. Parolin, 2005); Unrespectable Radicals? Popular Politics in the Age of Reform (ed. with P. A. Pickering, 2008); and Terror: From Tyrannicide to Terrorism in Europe, 1605 to the Future (ed. with B. Bowden, 2008).

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• List of Tables and Illustrations; Acknowledgements; H. T. Dickinson: An Appreciation, Frances Dow; Introduction, Gordon Pentland; Parliament and Political Cultures; 1. ‘The Press ought to be open to all’: From the Liberty of Conscience to the Liberty of the Press, Eckhart Hellmuth; 2. ‘Could the Scots Become True British?’ The Prelude to the Scottish Peerage Bill, 1706-1716, Shin Matsuzono; 3. Parliament and Church Reform: Off and On the Agenda, Joanna Innes; 4. Liberty, Property, and the Post-Culloden Acts of Parliament in the Gàidhealtachd, Matthew Dziennik; 5. Political Toasting in the Age of Revolutions: Britain, America and France, 1765-1800, Rémy Duthille; Beyond Liberty and Property; 6. Edmund Burke, Dissent, and the Church and State, Martin Fitzpatrick; 7. “The Wisest and Most Beneficial Schemes”: William Ogilvie, Radical Political Economy and the Scottish Enlightenment, David Allan; 8. Thomas Spence and James Harrington: A Case Study in Influence, Stephen Lee; 9. Thomas Spence, Children’s Literature, and ‘Learning … Debauched by Ambition’, Matthew Grenby; The Long and Wide 1790s; 10. British Radical Attitudes Towards the United States of America in the 1790s: The case of William Winterbotham, Emma Macleod; 11. Was there a Law of Sedition in Scotland? Baron David Hume’s Analysis of the Scottish Sedition Trials of 1794, Atle Wold; 12. The Vilification of Thomas Paine: Constructing a Folk Devil in the 1790s, Michael T. Davis; 13. Nelson’s Circles: Networking in the Navy during the French Wars, Marianne Czisnik; 14. The Posthumous Lives of Thomas Muir, Gordon Pentland; Appendix: Selected List of H. T. Dickinson’s Publications, 1964-2014.

Gordon Pentland is Reader in History in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh. He has degrees from Oxford and Edinburgh and is a member of the RSE Young Academy of Scotland. His publications include Radicalism, Reform and National Identity, 1820-1833 (2008), Spirit of the Union: Popular Politics in Scotland, 1815-1820 (2011) and a large number of articles in journals including the English Historical Review, Historical Journal, Journal of British Studies, Past & Present and the Scottish Historical Review. Michael T. Davis is Lecturer in the School of Humanities at Griffith University. His publications include Radicalism and Revolution in Britain, 1775-1848 (2000); London Corresponding Society (2002); Newgate in Revolution: An Anthology of Radical Prison Literature in the Age of Revolution (ed. with I. McCalman and C. Parolin, 2005); Unrespectable Radicals? Popular Politics in the Age of Reform (ed. with P. A. Pickering, 2008); and Terror: From Tyrannicide to Terrorism in Europe, 1605 to the Future (ed. with B. Bowden, 2008).

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• List of Tables and Illustrations; Acknowledgements; H. T. Dickinson: An Appreciation, Frances Dow; Introduction, Gordon Pentland; Parliament and Political Cultures; 1. ‘The Press ought to be open to all’: From the Liberty of Conscience to the Liberty of the Press, Eckhart Hellmuth; 2. ‘Could the Scots Become True British?’ The Prelude to the Scottish Peerage Bill, 1706-1716, Shin Matsuzono; 3. Parliament and Church Reform: Off and On the Agenda, Joanna Innes; 4. Liberty, Property, and the Post-Culloden Acts of Parliament in the Gàidhealtachd, Matthew Dziennik; 5. Political Toasting in the Age of Revolutions: Britain, America and France, 1765-1800, Rémy Duthille; Beyond Liberty and Property; 6. Edmund Burke, Dissent, and the Church and State, Martin Fitzpatrick; 7. “The Wisest and Most Beneficial Schemes”: William Ogilvie, Radical Political Economy and the Scottish Enlightenment, David Allan; 8. Thomas Spence and James Harrington: A Case Study in Influence, Stephen Lee; 9. Thomas Spence, Children’s Literature, and ‘Learning … Debauched by Ambition’, Matthew Grenby; The Long and Wide 1790s; 10. British Radical Attitudes Towards the United States of America in the 1790s: The case of William Winterbotham, Emma Macleod; 11. Was there a Law of Sedition in Scotland? Baron David Hume’s Analysis of the Scottish Sedition Trials of 1794, Atle Wold; 12. The Vilification of Thomas Paine: Constructing a Folk Devil in the 1790s, Michael T. Davis; 13. Nelson’s Circles: Networking in the Navy during the French Wars, Marianne Czisnik; 14. The Posthumous Lives of Thomas Muir, Gordon Pentland; Appendix: Selected List of H. T. Dickinson’s Publications, 1964-2014.

Gordon Pentland is Reader in History in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh. He has degrees from Oxford and Edinburgh and is a member of the RSE Young Academy of Scotland. His publications include Radicalism, Reform and National Identity, 1820-1833 (2008), Spirit of the Union: Popular Politics in Scotland, 1815-1820 (2011) and a large number of articles in journals including the English Historical Review, Historical Journal, Journal of British Studies, Past & Present and the Scottish Historical Review. Michael T. Davis is Lecturer in the School of Humanities at Griffith University. His publications include Radicalism and Revolution in Britain, 1775-1848 (2000); London Corresponding Society (2002); Newgate in Revolution: An Anthology of Radical Prison Literature in the Age of Revolution (ed. with I. McCalman and C. Parolin, 2005); Unrespectable Radicals? Popular Politics in the Age of Reform (ed. with P. A. Pickering, 2008); and Terror: From Tyrannicide to Terrorism in Europe, 1605 to the Future (ed. with B. Bowden, 2008).

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• List of Tables and Illustrations; Acknowledgements; H. T. Dickinson: An Appreciation, Frances Dow; Introduction, Gordon Pentland; Parliament and Political Cultures; 1. ‘The Press ought to be open to all’: From the Liberty of Conscience to the Liberty of the Press, Eckhart Hellmuth; 2. ‘Could the Scots Become True British?’ The Prelude to the Scottish Peerage Bill, 1706-1716, Shin Matsuzono; 3. Parliament and Church Reform: Off and On the Agenda, Joanna Innes; 4. Liberty, Property, and the Post-Culloden Acts of Parliament in the Gàidhealtachd, Matthew Dziennik; 5. Political Toasting in the Age of Revolutions: Britain, America and France, 1765-1800, Rémy Duthille; Beyond Liberty and Property; 6. Edmund Burke, Dissent, and the Church and State, Martin Fitzpatrick; 7. “The Wisest and Most Beneficial Schemes”: William Ogilvie, Radical Political Economy and the Scottish Enlightenment, David Allan; 8. Thomas Spence and James Harrington: A Case Study in Influence, Stephen Lee; 9. Thomas Spence, Children’s Literature, and ‘Learning … Debauched by Ambition’, Matthew Grenby; The Long and Wide 1790s; 10. British Radical Attitudes Towards the United States of America in the 1790s: The case of William Winterbotham, Emma Macleod; 11. Was there a Law of Sedition in Scotland? Baron David Hume’s Analysis of the Scottish Sedition Trials of 1794, Atle Wold; 12. The Vilification of Thomas Paine: Constructing a Folk Devil in the 1790s, Michael T. Davis; 13. Nelson’s Circles: Networking in the Navy during the French Wars, Marianne Czisnik; 14. The Posthumous Lives of Thomas Muir, Gordon Pentland; Appendix: Selected List of H. T. Dickinson’s Publications, 1964-2014.