The crown, the peerage and high politics 1689-1760

It is the contention of this thesis that the crown went through some rather marked change during the course of the period, starting with the Bill of Rights and effectively ending with the Act of Settlement in 1701. In 1689 the crown had an extensive prerogative and a limited executive, in 1702 it ha...

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Main Author: Backhouse, David John
Published: Queen Mary, University of London 1990
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.319155