Information, Institutions, and Local Government in England, 1550-1700 - Turning Inside

Investigates the reasons for and consequences of the wide-scale changes to the nature of local government in early modern England: a shift from 'open' to 'closed' management of a host of problems--from the representation of authority itself to treatment of every kind of local disorder, from petty crime and poverty to dirty streets.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: '(Mys)precyson'


• 2: 'Manifestaccon'


• 3: Punishment


• 4: Institutions


• 5: Information


• 6: Turning Inside

About the author

Paul Griffiths is Professor of Early Modern British Cultural and Social History at Iowa State University. He is the author of Youth and Authority: Formative Experiences in England, 1560-1640 (OUP, 1996) and Lost Londons: Change, Crime, and Control in the Capital City, 1550-1660 (CUP, 2008). His Cambridge PhD was supervised by Keith Wrightson and he has also taught at the universities of Cambridge, Warwick, and Leicester. He has held National Humanities Centre and National Endowment of the Humanities fellowships.

Summary

Investigates the reasons for and consequences of the wide-scale changes to the nature of local government in early modern England: a shift from 'open' to 'closed' management of a host of problems--from the representation of authority itself to treatment of every kind of local disorder, from petty crime and poverty to dirty streets.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Griffiths, Paul (Professor of Early Modern British Griffiths
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.12.2023
• EAN: 9780192896261
• ISBN: 978-0-19-289626-1
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; England, European History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), British & Irish history, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Social and cultural history, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, c 1500 to c 1600, C 1600 To C 1700, Later 16th century c 1550 to c 1599, Regional, state and other local government, Regional government