ISBN:
9780511549380
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (xvii, 393 pages)
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in early modern British history
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.2/0942/09032
Keywords:
Geschichte 1600-1700
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Geschichte 1650-1730
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Geschichte
;
Politik
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Political culture / Great Britain / History
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Municipal corporations / Great Britain / History
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Boroughs / Great Britain / History
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Central-local government relations / Great Britain / History
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Local government / England / History / 17th century
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Parteipolitik
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Stadtverwaltung
;
Politischer Konflikt
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Stadt
;
Gerichtsbarkeit
;
Großbritannien
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Great Britain / Politics and government / 1603-1714
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Great Britain / Politics and government / 1714-1760
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Großbritannien
;
Großbritannien
;
Stadtverwaltung
;
Parteipolitik
;
Gerichtsbarkeit
;
Geschichte 1650-1730
;
Großbritannien
;
Stadt
;
Politischer Konflikt
;
Gerichtsbarkeit
;
Geschichte 1650-1730
Abstract:
This is a major survey of how towns were governed in late Stuart and early Hanoverian England. A new kind of politics emerged out of England's Civil War: partisan politics. This happened first in the corporations governing the towns, and not at Parliament as is usually argued. Based on an examination of the records of scores of corporations, this book explains how war unleashed a cycle of purge and counter-purge which continued for decades. It also explains how a society that feared a system of politics based on division found the means to absorb it peacefully. As conflict sharpened in communities everywhere, local competitors turned to the court of King's Bench to resolve their differences. In doing so, they prompted the court to develop a new body of law that protected local governments from the divisive impulses within them
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
,
Enforcement of the Corporation Act, 1662-1663
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511549380
URL:
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URL:
Volltext
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URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511549380
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