A Plague of Informers : Conspiracy and Political Trust in William III's England Hardback
by Rachel Weil
Part of the The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History series
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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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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:360 pages, 15 b-w illus.
- Publisher:Yale University Press
- Publication Date:07/01/2014
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- ISBN:9780300171044
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:360 pages, 15 b-w illus.
- Publisher:Yale University Press
- Publication Date:07/01/2014
- Category:
- ISBN:9780300171044
