TY - BOOK ID - 78072121 TI - Court patronage and corruption in early Stuart England PY - 1993 SN - 1134870426 1280217162 0203168240 9780203168240 9781134870370 9781134870417 9781134870424 9781138178311 9780415093682 0203284089 1134870418 PB - London ; New York : Routledge, DB - UniCat KW - Patronage, Political KW - Political corruption KW - Boss rule KW - Corruption (in politics) KW - Graft in politics KW - Malversation KW - Political scandals KW - Politics, Practical KW - Corruption KW - Misconduct in office KW - Political patronage KW - Spoils system KW - Civil service reform KW - History KW - Corrupt practices KW - Great Britain KW - England KW - Politics and government KW - Court and courtiers KW - Social conditions KW - Great Britain - Politics and government - 1603-164. KW - History. KW - Patronage, Political. KW - Political corruption. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78072121 AB - This wide-ranging volume goes to the heart of the revisionist debate about the crisis of government that led to the English Civil War. The author tackles questions about the patronage that structured early modern society, arguing that the increase in royal bounty in the early seventeenth century redefined the corrupt practices that characterized early modern administration. ER -