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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821328603321

Autore

Peck Linda Levy

Titolo

Court patronage and corruption in early Stuart England / / Linda Levy Peck

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston ; ; London, : Unwin Hyman, 1990

ISBN

1-280-21716-2

0-203-28408-9

1-134-87042-6

0-203-16824-0

1-134-87041-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (334 p.)

Disciplina

306.2/0941/09032

Soggetti

Patronage, Political - Great Britain - History - 17th century

Political corruption - Great Britain - History - 17th century

Great Britain Politics and government 1603-1649

Great Britain Court and courtiers History 17th century

England Social conditions 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: Boston : Unwin Hyman, 1990.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-309) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Introduction The fountain of favor; The language of patronage: a discourse of connection; The structures of patronage and corruption: access and allocation; Court patronage networks; Court connections and county associations: the case of Buckinghamshire; Corruption and early modern administration: the case of the navy; Corruption and the economy; Corruption and political ideology; The language of corruption: a discourse of political conflict; Conclusion; Notes; Selected bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This wide-ranging volume goes to the heart of the revisionist debate about the crisis of government that led to the English Civil War. The author tackles questions about the patronage that structured early modern society, arguing that the increase in royal bounty in the early seventeenth century redefined the corrupt practices that characterized early modern administration.