Central Government and the Localities Hampshire 1649-1689 [Paperback]

A study of centre-local interaction during a very turbulent period in English history.This book is a study of centre-local interaction, based upon the experience of the people of an English county, during a very turbulent period in their history. Dr Coleby combines administrative and political history, and establishes with unusual rigour and clarity the nature of the late-seventeenth-century English polity.This book is a study of centre-local interaction, based upon the experience of the people of an English county, during a very turbulent period in their history. Dr Coleby combines administrative and political history, and establishes with unusual rigour and clarity the nature of the late-seventeenth-century English polity.This book is a study of centre-local interaction, based upon the experience of the people of an English county, during a very turbulent period in their history. The work revolves around: the relationship between centre and locality, and the partisan use of local institutions and sentiment for 'national' ends. Dr Coleby combines administrative and political history, and establishes with unusual rigour and clarity the nature of the late-seventeenth-century English polity. Whilst there have been many county studies of the early Stuart and Civil War periods, few accounts hitherto have looked at the situation both before and after the restoration of Charles II in 1660. Dr Coleby argues for the continuity of governmental concerns throughout the later seventeenth century, and challenges received wisdom about the relative local efficiency of Interregnum and Restoration regimes.List of maps; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction and prologue; Part I. The Interregnum: 1. Local office-holding 164960; 2. The enforcement of policy 164960; 3. Government and county 164960; Part II. The Restoration: 4. Local office-holding 166078; 5. The enforcement of policy 166078; 6. Court and county 166078; Part III. From the Popish Plot to the Revolutilã3