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Delno C. West Award Winner: Using And Abusing Delegated Power In Elizabethan England, James H. Forse
Delno C. West Award Winner: Using And Abusing Delegated Power In Elizabethan England, James H. Forse
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Queen Elizabeth's government, like most early modern European governments, was one that sought to extend its influence and power throughout the realm. But at the same time it possessed minimal financial resources and coercive machinery of power, and therefore, while it issued mandates, it had to depend upon local officials and individuals to whom it delegated power. Nor did Elizabeth’s government have any machinery of oversight to “watch-dog” those delegated powers. Only when issues came to the attention of the Privy Council after-the-fact did the government, occasionally, intervene to redress abuses of those delegated powers. Two areas in which these …
James Shirley's The Politician And The Demand For Responsible Government In The Court Of Charles I, James R. Keller
James Shirley's The Politician And The Demand For Responsible Government In The Court Of Charles I, James R. Keller
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On 13 June 1629, Dr. Lamb, a person physician and astrologer to the duke of Buckingham, while strolling down a London street was attacked by an angry mob and beaten to death. When he first noticed the crowd gathering, he summoned a group of sailors to guard him. However, incensed by years of arbitrary government, economic hardship, and war, the mob pursued Lamb with the intention of making his death an example for the duke; they called him "the Duke's Devil." As Lamb made his way toward a local tavern, the ever-increasing pack began to pummel him with stones, and …