A Plague of Informers: Conspiracy and Political Trust in William III's England - Rilegato

Weil, Rachel

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ISBN 10: 0300171048 ISBN 13: 9780300171044

Casa editrice: Yale Univ Pr, 2014

Riassunto

Stories of plots, sham plots, and the citizen-informers who discovered them are at the center of Rachel Weil's compelling study of the turbulent decade following the Revolution of 1688. Most studies of the Glorious Revolution focus on its causes or long-term effects, but Weil instead zeroes in on the early years when the survival of the new regime was in doubt. By encouraging informers, imposing loyalty oaths, suspendinghabeas corpus, and delaying the long-promised reform of treason trial procedure, the Williamite regime protected itself from enemies and cemented its bonds with supporters, but also put its own credibility at risk.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Rachel Weil is professor of history at Cornell University. She lives in Seneca Falls, NY.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Yale Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0300171048
• ISBN 13: 9780300171044
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 344