State Formation in Early Modern England, c. 1550-1700

Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Acknowledgements......Page 9
NOTE ON BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 11
General introduction......Page 13
Introduction......Page 21
DEFINITIONS OF THE STATE......Page 23
A MIND WITHOUT A BODY: THE STATE AND POLITICAL POWER......Page 28
EMBODIMENTS OF THE STATE: POLITICAL OFFICES IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND......Page 32
THE EMBODIMENT OF THE STATE IN THE LOCALITIES......Page 39
CHAPTER 2 The uses of political power in early modern England......Page 59
THE USES OF POLITICAL POWER......Page 60
LEGITIMATION, RESISTANCE AND FUNCTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS......Page 80
POLITICAL INNOVATION: CHANGING FORMS OF OFFICE......Page 97
THE AGENCY OF THE STATE......Page 102
Conclusion......Page 108
Introduction......Page 113
CHAPTER 3 Social order: poverty, dearth and disease......Page 115
THE POOR LAW......Page 116
CRISIS MEASURES: THE DEARTH AND PLAGUE ORDERS......Page 130
IMPLEMENTATION: DISCRETION, LOCAL INITIATIVE AND REGULARISATION......Page 140
CHAPTER 4 The courts and social order......Page 148
PARTICIPATION AND INITIATIVE IN THE USE OF THE LAW......Page 149
THE REFORMATION OF MANNERS: ALEHOUSES AND BASTARDY......Page 152
IMAGES OF DEVIANCE: BEGGARS AND WITCHES......Page 158
THE CIVIL LAW: ORDER, NEIGHBOURLINESS AND HARMONY......Page 167
FROM PATRIARCHS TO PATRICIANS: LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN RESTORATION ENGLAND......Page 177
Conclusion......Page 184
Introduction......Page 189
CHAPTER 5 The state and military mobilisation......Page 192
THE LIEUTENANCY AND THE MILITIA, C. 1550–1640......Page 193
EXPEDITIONARY FORCES......Page 208
THE NAVY BEFORE THE CIVIL WARS......Page 214
AN ENGLISH MILITARY REVOLUTION, 1640–1660......Page 225
MILITARY AND NAVAL MOBILISATION AFTER 1660......Page 233
THE MILITIA......Page 238
CHAPTER 6 The financing of the state......Page 245
FISCAL CHANGE IN ENGLAND FROM 1550 TO 1640: LEGITIMATION, EVASION, SPECIALISATION......Page 246
GOVERNMENT FINANCES C. 1640–1688......Page 265
MILITARY AND FISCAL MOBILISATION: 1688 AND ALL THAT......Page 277
FISCAL-MILITARY CHANGE, SPECIALISATION, NECESSITY AND AUTONOMY......Page 282
Conclusion......Page 293
Introduction......Page 299
CHAPTER 7 The claims of the confessional state: local realities......Page 303
THE INFLUENCE OF THE LAITY......Page 304
THE PROGRESS OF PROTESTANTISM AND THE FAILURE OF UNIFORMITY......Page 313
DISSENT, POPERY AND PERSECUTION IN LATER SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLAND......Page 326
Conclusion......Page 346
Introduction......Page 349
GOVERNMENT, CIVILITY AND ORDER......Page 352
ELITE FORMATION IN ENGLAND AND WALES......Page 359
STATE FORMATION AND ELITE FORMATION IN SCOTLAND......Page 367
LOWLAND AND HIGHLAND IN SCOTLAND  AND ENGLAND......Page 383
THE FAILURE OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND......Page 391
TOWARDS A BRITISH EMPIRE......Page 409
THE GROWTH OF IMPERIAL REGULATION......Page 422
Conclusion......Page 432
Conclusion: actions without design, patterns without blueprints......Page 439
Index......Page 450