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Court Patronage and Corruption in Early Stuart England (Paperback, Revised)
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Private alliances and exchange of favours permeated political,
social, economic, and artistic life in early modern Europe. These
informal patronage relationships, which helped construct ties
between monarchs and political elites, were especially strong in
early Stuart England. As court patronage grew, so did opportunities
for betrayal and corruption. But was early Stuart government really
more corrupt than Tudor government? Were the structures of
governance becoming unworkable, or were they badly managed by the
Stuarts? Did corruption aid modernization? In this study, Linda
Levy Peck tackles these and other questions about the patronage
that structured early modern society. She analyzes the language and
common metaphors of patronage as well as the structures and
networks that made patronage function. She then applies this
analysis to studies of factions, favourites, naval venality,
impeachment, monopolies, and more. Finally, the author argues that
the increase in royal bounty in the early 17th century redefined
the corrupt practices that characterized early modern
administration. This book was the winner of the John Ben Snow
Prize, 1991.
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