LEADER 02726oam 2200589I 450 001 9910821328603321 005 20230207223925.0 010 $a1-280-21716-2 010 $a0-203-28408-9 010 $a1-134-87042-6 010 $a0-203-16824-0 010 $a1-134-87041-8 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203168240 035 $a(CKB)1000000000248902 035 $a(EBL)168175 035 $a(OCoLC)475875542 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC168175 035 $a(OCoLC)252719576 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000248902 100 $a20180331d1993 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 200 10$aCourt patronage and corruption in early Stuart England /$fLinda Levy Peck 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d1993. 215 $a1 online resource (334 p.) 300 $aOriginally published: Boston : Unwin Hyman, 1990. 311 $a1-138-17831-4 311 $a0-415-09368-6 327 $aBook 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 330 $aThis 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. 606 $aGreat Britain - Politics and government - 1603-164 606 $aHistory 606 $aPatronage, Political 606 $aPolitical corruption 607 $aGreat Britain$xPolitics and government$y1603-1649 607 $aGreat Britain$xCourt and courtiers$xHistory$y17th century 607 $aEngland$xSocial conditions$y17th century 615 4$aGreat Britain - Politics and government - 1603-164. 615 4$aHistory. 615 4$aPatronage, Political. 615 4$aPolitical corruption. 676 $a306.2/0941/09032 676 $a306.20942 676 $a942.06 700 $aPeck$b Linda Levy.$0507414 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821328603321 996 $aCourt patronage and corruption in early Stuart England$94073458 997 $aUNINA