{"product_id":"dismembering-the-body-politic-partisan-politics-in-englands-towns-1650-1730-paperback-9780521526043","title":"Dismembering the Body Politic; Partisan Politics in England's Towns, 1650–1730 (Paperback) 9780521526043","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDismembering the Body Politic\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePartisan Politics in England's Towns, 1650–1730\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn account of the emergence of local partisan politics in the century after the English Civil War.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePaul D. Halliday (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521526043, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 13 November 2003\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e416 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.6 cm, 0.8 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This is an important book and should be studied by anyone interested in the impact of partisan politics on the body politic.\"    Richard G. Bailey, Canadian Journal of History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Corporate Ideal and Partisan Reality: 1. The paradox of partisan politics\u003cbr\u003e 2. 'The best of politics'\u003cbr\u003e 3. From purge to purge: Civil War, Interregnum, and Restoration in the corporations\u003cbr\u003e 4. Partisan politics, 1663–1682\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The King and his Corporations, 1660–1688: 5. The corporations and their charters, 1660–1682\u003cbr\u003e 6. Quo warranto and the King's corporations, 1682–1685\u003cbr\u003e 7. Revolution in the corporations, 1685–1688\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Partisan Conflict and the Law in a Dynamic Society: 8. The legacy of the 1680s\u003cbr\u003e 9. Partisan conflict and political stability, 1702–1727\u003cbr\u003e 10. 1660, 1688, 1727, and beyond\u003cbr\u003e Select bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Early%20modern%20history:%20c%201450\/1500%20to%20c%201700%20%5BHBLH%5D%22\"\u003eHBLH\u003c\/a\u003e], British \u0026amp; Irish history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on British \u0026amp; Irish history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22British%20\u0026amp;%20Irish%20history%20%5BHBJD1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45909222326552,"sku":"9780521526043","price":38.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521526043i_3611e71c-5168-471e-abb0-48902c52af3d.jpg?v=1691368896","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/dismembering-the-body-politic-partisan-politics-in-englands-towns-1650-1730-paperback-9780521526043","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}