02741nam 2200565Ia 450 991082132860332120200520144314.01-280-21716-20-203-28408-91-134-87042-60-203-16824-01-134-87041-810.4324/9780203168240 (CKB)1000000000248902(EBL)168175(OCoLC)475875542(MiAaPQ)EBC168175(OCoLC)252719576(EXLCZ)99100000000024890219900427d1990 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierCourt patronage and corruption in early Stuart England /Linda Levy PeckBoston ;London Unwin Hyman19901 online resource (334 p.)Originally published: Boston : Unwin Hyman, 1990.1-138-17831-4 0-415-09368-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-309) and index.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.Patronage, PoliticalGreat BritainHistory17th centuryPolitical corruptionGreat BritainHistory17th centuryGreat BritainPolitics and government1603-1649Great BritainCourt and courtiersHistory17th centuryEnglandSocial conditions17th centuryPatronage, PoliticalHistoryPolitical corruptionHistory306.2/0941/09032Peck Linda Levy507414MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821328603321Court patronage and corruption in early Stuart England4073458UNINA