1. Benjamin Disraeli “I have climbed to the top of the greasy pole” Presentation by Dirk Van Waelderen and Kim Van Dommelen

2. Disraeli: Biografie (1804-1881) Ouders: Isaac D’Israeli X Maria Basevi Joodse afkomst Zwakke gezondheid Reizen: Midden-Oosten & België Rechten: onvoltooid Literaire & politieke carrière Huwelijk: Mary Anne Wyndham Lewis

3. Disraeli

4. Disraeli: politieke carrière 1835: Vindication of the English Constitution 1837: zetel House of Commons (conservatieven – Tories) Jaren 1840-1846: oppositie Peel 1852: Chancellor of the Exchequer 1866: Chancellor of the Exchequer 1868: Prime Minister 1874-1880: Prime Minister

5. Disraeli: oppositie Peel

6. Disraeli: Verwezenlijkingen Factory Act (1874) Employers and Workmen Act (1875) Artisan’s Dwellings Act (1875) River Pollution Act (1876) Education Act (1876) Buitenland: Suez, Cyprus & India

7. Disraeli: filosofie & literatuur ‘Vivian Grey’ (1826): aristocratie ‘Sybil’ (1840): ‘One Nation’ Toryism ‘Endymion’ (1880): ‘The secret of my succes’ & Thackeray Byronic Romantic

8. Disraeli: erfenis Tories: nationale partij Tories: retoriek versus Whigs Tories: regeringspartij Primrose League Perfecte politicus?

9. Disraeli: Bibliografie BLAKE, R., Disraeli, New York, 1966. JENKINS, T.A., Disraeli and Victorian conservatism, Basingstoke en Londen, 1996. HAWKINS, A., British Party Politics 1852- 1886, Basingstoke en Londen, 1998. WESTON, C.C., The house of lords and ideological politics: Lord Salisbury’s referendal theory and the conservative party 1846-1922, Philadelphia, 1995.