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Governing by Virtue - Lord Burghley and the Management of Elizabethan England (Hardcover) Loot Price: R3,651

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Governing by Virtue - Lord Burghley and the Management of Elizabethan England (Hardcover): Norman Jones

Governing by Virtue - Lord Burghley and the Management of Elizabethan England (Hardcover)

Norman Jones

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Managing early modern England was difficult because the state was weak. Although Queen Elizabeth was the supreme ruler, she had little bureaucracy, no standing army, and no police force. This meant that her chief manager, Lord Burghley, had to work with the gentlemen of the magisterial classes in order to keep the peace and defend the realm. He did this successfully by employing the shared value systems of the ruling classes, an improved information system, and gentle coercion. Using Burghley's archive, Governing by Virtue explores how he ran a state whose employees were venal, who owned their jobs for life, or whose power derived from birth and possession, not allegiance, even during national crises like that of the Spanish Armada.

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Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2015
Authors:	Norman Jones (Professor of History)
Dimensions:	240 x 172 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-959360-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Public administration Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > General Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Promotions
LSN:	0-19-959360-4
Barcode:	9780199593606