This detailed account of English politics between the Parliaments of 1626 and 1628 uses the forced loan as the focus for a series of broader studies. These include an examination of Privy Council politics and policy-making which helps to set in perspective the role and attitudes of Charles I; an investigation of relations between central and local government which highlights the significance of bargaining and cooperation; a study of political ideas which illustrates the nature of ideological divisions; and an account of the responses of local governors and subsidymen which demonstrates the extent of their involvement with national politics and national issues. The events of this period constituted the first major crisis of Charles's reign, the nature and implications of which have been much debated by historians. Drawing on extensive research in central and local archives, this book throws new light on these events and provides a fresh analysis of the causes of conflict.
- ISBN10 0198229518
- ISBN13 9780198229513
- Publish Date 1 November 1987
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 7 April 1998
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Oxford University Press
- Imprint Clarendon Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 368
- Language English