The Politics of Counsel in England and Scotland, 1286-1707

Buch | Hardcover

350 Seiten

2016
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-726603-8 (ISBN)

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Political advice or counsel was fundamental to theory and practice in medieval and early modern government. This book charts continuity and change as counsel both influenced and was affected by warfare, British unions, and the Reformations, as well as how it functioned in important reigns such as those of James III, Elizabeth I, and Charles I.

Counsel was a fundamental element of the theoretical framework and practical workings of medieval and early modern government. Good rule was to be ensured by governors hearing wise advisers. This process of counsel assumed particular importance in England and Scotland between the 14th and 17th centuries because of the close adherence to ideas of the common good, commonwealth, and community in this period.

Yet this era saw major changes in who gave counsel and how it operated. This volume identifies both patterns and moments of change while also recognising continuities. It examines counsel in the context of Anglo-Scottish warfare and unions, the Reformations, and early colonising ventures, as well as in the contingent circumstances of individual reigns and long-term evolutions in the nature of government.

Depicting counsel as ubiquitous yet archivally elusive, this volume uses government records, pamphlets, plays, poetry, histories, and oaths to establish a new framework for understanding advice. As it shows, a widespread belief in good counsel masked fundamental tensions between accountability and secrecy, inclusive representation and political cohesiveness, and between upholding and restraining sovereign authority.

Jacqueline Rose is Lecturer in History at the University of St Andrews.

1: JACQUELINE ROSE: The Problem of Political Counsel in Medieval and Early Modern England and Scotland

2: MICHAEL BROWN: 'Lele consail for the comoun profite': Kings, Guardians and Councils in the Scottish Kingdom, c.1250-1450

3: JOHN WATTS: Counsel and the King's Council in England, c.1340-c.1540

4: JEREMY CATTO: Counsel and Conscience in Lancastrian England

5: ELIZA HARTRICH: Locality, Polity and the Politics of Counsel: Royal and Urban Councils in England, 1420-1429

6: CLAIRE HAWES: 'Perverst counsale'? Rebellion, Satire and the Politics of Advice in Fifteenth-Century Scotland

7: RICHARD REX: Councils, Counsel and Consensus in Henry VIII's Reformation

8: SUSAN DORAN: Elizabeth I and Counsel

9: PAULINA KEWES: 'Jerusalem thou dydst promise to buylde up': Kingship, Counsel and Early Elizabethan Drama

10: ALAN R. MACDONALD: Consultation, Counsel and the 'Early Stuart Period' in Scotland

11: ALEXANDER HASKELL: Councils, Providence and Political Legitimacy in Early Virginia

12: ROGER A. MASON: Counsel and Covenant: Aristocratic Conciliarism and the Scottish Revolution

13: JACQUELINE ROSE: Sir Edward Hyde and the Problem of Counsel in Mid-Seventeenth-Century Royalist Thought

14: JACQUELINE ROSE: Councils, Counsel and the Seventeenth-Century Composite State

Erscheinungsdatum	29.01.2017
Reihe/Serie	Proceedings of the British Academy ; 204
Zusatzinfo	1 frontispiece (b&w)
Sprache	englisch
Maße	168 x 242 mm
Gewicht	686 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
ISBN-10	0-19-726603-7 / 0197266037
ISBN-13	978-0-19-726603-8 / 9780197266038
Zustand	Neuware