The Unitarian confrontation with the late eighteenth-century political establishment is reflected in published sermons, pamphlets and parliamentary debates. Price and Priestley were only the most notorious members of a well-educated, close-knit and highly articulate intellectual opposition, all the more formidable for dominating the major literary reviews. Focusing on many lesser-known dissenting polemicists, this study uncovers unexpected continuities in Unitarian critiques of government policies an questions whether Burke was justified in equating antitrinitarians with French republicans.

STUART ANDREWS is the author of five books including The British Periodical Press and the French Revolution.

Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: Unequal Toleration PART I: GRAINS OF GUNPOWDER Denying the Trinity Opposing Subscription Predicting the Millennium PART II: PULPIT-POLITICS Essex Street: Lindsey, Disney and Belsham Gravel Pit and Old Jewry: Kippis, Price and Priestley Fasts and Thanksgivings PART III: UNDERMINING ESTABLISHMENTS Censuring Pitt Challenging Burke Campaigning for Peace PART IV: SPARKS OF SEDITION National Networks The Midlands and the North Norwich, Bristol and the South West Scottish Convict, Irish Exile PART V: EXPLOSIVE ECHOES 'Jacobin' Journalism Confronting Napoleon Conclusion: Transatlantic Connections List of abbreviations used in the notes Notes Bibliography