Reform in the Provinces: The Government of Stuart England

Anthony Fletcher / Jan 20, 2021

Reform in the Provinces The Government of Stuart England The foundation of the English state from the reigns of the Tudors to the age of Queen Victoria was a partnership between the crown and the country gentlemen who exercised administration and justice in

Title: Reform in the Provinces: The Government of Stuart England

Author: Anthony Fletcher

ISBN: 9780300036732

Page: 110

Format: Hardcover

The foundation of the English state from the reigns of the Tudors to the age of Queen Victoria was a partnership between the crown and the country gentlemen who exercised administration and justice in the localities This book is about a formative period in the making of that partnership Anthony Fletcher suggests that the gentry s vigorous response to a gathering social cThe foundation of the English state from the reigns of the Tudors to the age of Queen Victoria was a partnership between the crown and the country gentlemen who exercised administration and justice in the localities This book is about a formative period in the making of that partnership Anthony Fletcher suggests that the gentry s vigorous response to a gathering social crisis in the early decades of the seventeenth century enabled them to strengthen their nearly dominant hold upon local power Although reform in the provinces, directed towards improving the efficiency and effectiveness of government, was not a tidy or even an entirely consistent process, there was enough continuity of administrative effort to ensure that by the reign of Queen Anne the enforcement of order had been streamlined in many respects This book the first synthesis of work done in the last two decades on local government also provides fresh archival data on a number of counties Fletcher begins with an account of the men who held office as justices of the peace and of their relationships with the Council in London and with the villagers they governed He then explores in detail the world of the magistrate at work, paying particular attention to initiatives directed towards increasing the tempo of government and to the making of magisterial policy In the second half of the book, Fletcher utilizes three case studies of poverty, behaviour, and the militia to explain the obstacles in the way of reform and assess how it was sometimes achieved By analyzing the patterns, style, and impetus of the government that magistrates and deputy lieutenants achieved, Fletcher is able to explore fundamental changes in the nature and extent of gentry control and in the attitudes of the gentry to the public service His book is an important and original contribution to Stuart and Restoration history Anthony Fletcher has been Professor of History at the Universities of Sheffield, Durham and Essex, and Director of the Victoria County History Project at London University His books include Gender, Sex, and Subordination in England, 1500 1800 , published by Yale.

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