Anglia libera: Protestant liberties and the Hanoverian succession, 1700–14
Anglia libera: Protestant liberties and the Hanoverian succession, 1700–14
This chapter examines John Toland's collaboration with elite Whig politicians as a leading defender of Protestant liberty, activities which resulted in the vindication of the legitimacy of the Hanoverian succession under the terms of the Act of Settlement 1701. A key problem for Toland and other republicans in the 1700s was the dynastic insecurity of the platform for their vision of politics, because the principles espoused in his Anglia libera were dependent upon the successful coronation of Sophia or George rather than the restoration of James.
Keywords: John Toland, Protestant liberty, Whig politicians, Hanoverian succession, republicans, dynastic insecurity
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