02595nam 2200577Ia 450 991080939210332120200520144314.01-282-70988-797866127098830-8264-2746-4(CKB)2670000000035525(EBL)564262(OCoLC)813220362(SSID)ssj0000425296(PQKBManifestationID)11303703(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000425296(PQKBWorkID)10368332(PQKB)10821195(MiAaPQ)EBC564262(Au-PeEL)EBL564262(CaPaEBR)ebr10404946(CaONFJC)MIL270988(OCoLC)893334954(EXLCZ)99267000000003552519881128d1989 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierA pillar of the constitution the House of Lords in British politics, 1640-1784 /edited by Clyve JonesLondon ;Ronceverte, WV Hambledon Press19891 online resource (viii, 246 pages)1-85285-007-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Preface; List of Contributors; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction: The Peerage and the House of Lords in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries; 2 Parliamentary Management, Men-of-Business and the House of Lords, 1640-49; 3 The Role of Privy Councillors in the House of Lords, 1660-1681; 4 'Venice Preserved; or A Plot Discovered 9: The Political and Social Context of the Peerage Bill of 1719; 5 The House of Lords and British Foreign Policy, 1720-48; 6 The Bishops at Westminster in the Mid-Eighteenth Century; 7 The House of Lords in the 1760's; 8 The House of Lords in the Age of the American Revolution; IndexThis collection of original essays deals with aspects of the history of the House of Lords in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, including the internal management of the Lords and its external influence.Public administrationGreat BritainGreat BritainPolitics and government1603-1714Great BritainPolitics and government1714-1820Public administration328.4107109328.4107109Jones Clyve1944-1600801MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809392103321A pillar of the constitution4008089UNINA