02726oam 2200589I 450 991078361900332120230207223925.01-280-21716-20-203-28408-91-134-87042-60-203-16824-01-134-87041-810.4324/9780203168240 (CKB)1000000000248902(EBL)168175(OCoLC)475875542(MiAaPQ)EBC168175(OCoLC)252719576(EXLCZ)99100000000024890220180331d1993 uy 0engur|n|---|||||Court patronage and corruption in early Stuart England /Linda Levy PeckLondon ;New York :Routledge,1993.1 online resource (334 p.)Originally published: Boston : Unwin Hyman, 1990.1-138-17831-4 0-415-09368-6 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; IndexThis 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.Great Britain - Politics and government - 1603-164HistoryPatronage, PoliticalPolitical corruptionGreat BritainPolitics and government1603-1649Great BritainCourt and courtiersHistory17th centuryEnglandSocial conditions17th centuryGreat Britain - Politics and government - 1603-164.History.Patronage, Political.Political corruption.306.2/0941/09032306.20942942.06Peck Linda Levy.507414AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910783619003321Court patronage and corruption in early Stuart England3674643UNINA