ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book examines the responses of different individuals and groups of people to the conflict and the questions that it posed for them, both as distinct from the polemic on the French Revolution itself and, more substantially, as the sequel to the Revolution debate, though integrally linked to it. It deals with the spectrum of political opinion-groups and their reactions to the European war. The book considers the discussion on the war that took place among various social groups. It examines the theological and political-theological responses of ministers of both Established and Dissenting churches. It investigates the perceptions expressed by female writers of the decade and analyses the attitudes of the ordinary people of Britain and the role of public opinion in the debate on the war against revolutionary France.
