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Municipal government --- Boroughs --- Municipal corporations --- Local government --- History. --- Great Britain

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Boroughs --- Great Britain --- Grande-Bretagne --- Administrative and political divisions --- Divisions politiques et administratives --- #GGSB: Geschiedenis (Middeleeuwen) --- #GGSB: Geschiedenis (Europa) --- -Cities and towns, Medieval --- -Medieval cities and towns --- Burghs --- Cities and towns --- Local government --- Administrative and political divisions. --- Cities and towns, Medieval --- -Great Britain --- Geschiedenis (Europa) --- Geschiedenis (Middeleeuwen)

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This is a major survey of how towns were governed in late Stuart and early Hanoverian England. A new kind of politics emerged out of England's Civil War: partisan politics. This happened first in the corporations governing the towns, and not at Parliament as is usually argued. Based on an examination of the records of scores of corporations, this book explains how war unleashed a cycle of purge and counter-purge which continued for decades. It also explains how a society that feared a system of politics based on division found the means to absorb it peacefully. As conflict sharpened in communities everywhere, local competitors turned to the court of King's Bench to resolve their differences. In doing so, they prompted the court to develop a new body of law that protected local governments from the divisive impulses within them.

Arts and Humanities --- History --- Political culture --- Municipal corporations --- Boroughs --- Central-local government relations --- Local government --- History. --- Great Britain --- Politics and government --- Culture --- Political science --- Local administration --- Township government --- Subnational governments --- Administrative and political divisions --- Decentralization in government --- Public administration --- Center-periphery government relations --- Local-central government relations --- Local government-central government relations --- Federal government --- Burghs --- Cities and towns --- Municipal government --- Municipal law (Municipal corporations) --- Public corporations (Municipal corporations) --- Corporations --- Metropolitan government --- Town laws, Medieval --- Law and legislation

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As the title suggests, Beyond the Burghal Hidage takes the study of Anglo-Saxon civil defence away from traditional historical and archaeological fields, and uses a groundbreaking interdisciplinary approach to examine warfare and public responses to organised violence through their impact on the landscape. By bringing together the evidence from a wide range of archaeological, onomastic and historical sources, the authors are able to reconstruct complex strategic and military landscapes, and to show how important detailed knowledge of early medieval infrastructure and communications is to our understanding of Anglo-Saxon preparedness for war, and to the situating of major defensive works within their wider strategic context. The result is a significant and far-reaching re-evaluation of the evolution of late Anglo-Saxon defensive arrangements. Winner of the 2013 Verbruggen prize, given annually by De Re Militari society for the best book on medieval military history.

Anglo-Saxons --- Fortification --- Civil defense --- Boroughs --- Hidage --- Landscapes --- Names, Geographical --- Landscape archaeology --- Archaeology --- Cultural landscapes --- Countryside --- Landscape --- Natural scenery --- Scenery --- Scenic landscapes --- Nature --- Land value taxation --- Burghs --- Cities and towns --- Local government --- Air defenses, Civil --- Civilian defense --- Defense, Civil --- Emergency preparedness --- Protection of civilians --- Defensive (Military science) --- Public safety --- Fortification, Primitive --- Forts --- Military engineering --- Siege warfare --- Saxons --- Antiquities. --- History. --- History --- England --- Angleterre --- Anglii︠a︡ --- Inghilterra --- Engeland --- Inglaterra --- Anglija --- England and Wales --- History, Military. --- Fortifications --- Protection civile --- Paysages --- Noms géographiques --- Archéologie du paysage --- Histoire --- Histoire militaire