ABSTRACT

John Toland was notorious. A pamphleteer, a polemicist and a prankster of the first order, modern scholarship has struggled to position his writings within the debates of his day. This study is the first to fully recount his remarkable biography, situating his writings within the controversies that sparked and shaped them.

chapter 1|19 pages

Ireland, 1670–97

chapter 2|22 pages

London, 1697–1700

chapter 3|26 pages

Hanover, 1701–7

chapter 4|15 pages

The Hague, 1708–10

chapter 5|21 pages

Epsom, 1711–16

chapter 6|22 pages

Putney, 1717–22