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Plague of informers : conspiracy and political trust in William III's England /
"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 zero...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
©2014.
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| Colección: | Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "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, suspending habeas 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"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 344 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780300199284 0300199287 1306370620 9781306370622 |