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A plague of informers : conspiracy and political trust in William III's England
- Title
- A plague of informers : conspiracy and political trust in William III's England / Rachel Weil.
- Author
- Weil, Rachel Judith
- Publication
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2013]
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 344 pages; 25 cm.
- Summary
- " 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"--
- Series Statement
- The Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history
- Uniform Title
- Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Debates on National Security -- A Trusted Government? -- "A Tool with so Devilish an Edge": Government Officials and Political Informers in the 1690s -- Identity, Honor, and Gender in the Narratives of Informers -- Credit and Credibility in the Worlds of Richard Kingston -- Loyalty and Credibility in the Lancashire "Sham Plot" -- Representation, Politics, and Law in the Assassination Plot.
- Call Number
- JFE 14-2738
- ISBN
- 9780300171044 (hardback)
- 0300171048 (hardback)
- LCCN
- 2013024690
- OCLC
- 849822674
- Author
- Weil, Rachel Judith, author.
- Title
- A plague of informers : conspiracy and political trust in William III's England / Rachel Weil.
- Publisher
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2013]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- The Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and historyLewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 14-2738