Young England movement

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The Young England movement was a mid-19th-century British Tory political group, associated with figures like Benjamin Disraeli, that promoted a romantic, paternalistic conservatism emphasizing aristocratic leadership and social reform.

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Young England movement canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf conservative movement ⓘ
political movement ⓘ
associatedWith Alexander Baillie-Cochrane ⓘ
Benjamin Disraeli ⓘ
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby ⓘ
George Smythe ⓘ
Henry Hope ⓘ
Lord John Manners ⓘ
William Gladstone ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolved late 1840s ⓘ
emphasis Christian social principles ⓘ
aristocratic leadership ⓘ
critique of industrial capitalism ⓘ
defence of the Church of England ⓘ
national unity across classes ⓘ
paternalistic duty of the aristocracy ⓘ
revival of feudal-style social bonds ⓘ
social reform ⓘ
goal preserve the established church ⓘ
promote social legislation to alleviate poverty ⓘ
reconcile aristocracy and working classes ⓘ
revive traditional institutions ⓘ
strengthen the moral role of the landed elite ⓘ
hasCharacteristic elite, socially reformist conservatism ⓘ
more influential in ideas than in electoral strength ⓘ
nostalgic view of pre-industrial England ⓘ
hasPart small group of young aristocratic Tory MPs ⓘ
historicalContext Victorian era ⓘ
early phase of modern British conservatism ⓘ
ideology Toryism ⓘ
linked to: Tory

paternalistic conservatism ⓘ
romantic conservatism ⓘ
inception early 1840s ⓘ
inspiredBy High Church Anglicanism ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Catholicism

medievalism ⓘ
romantic literature ⓘ
literaryExpressionBy Benjamin Disraeli ⓘ
notableWork Coningsby; or, The New Generation ⓘ
Sybil; or, The Two Nations ⓘ
Tancred; or, The New Crusade ⓘ
opposedTo Manchester School economics ⓘ
laissez-faire liberalism ⓘ
radical democracy ⓘ
utilitarianism ⓘ
parliamentaryFactionOf Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
peakActivity mid-1840s ⓘ
politicalPosition right-wing ⓘ
significantEvent activity in the 1841–1847 Parliament ⓘ

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Sybil, or The Two Nations → politicalContext → Young England movement ⓘ
Coningsby, or The New Generation → literaryMovement → Young England movement ⓘ
Tancred, or The New Crusade → literaryMovement → Young England movement ⓘ