Author: Catherine F. Patterson
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804735872
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
This study of politics in early modern England uses the relations between provincial towns, the landed elite, and the crown to argue that the growth of personal connections and patronage, as much as of conflict, explains the development of early modern government. It shows how patronage was a vital tool that suited both local needs and the royal will.