Plague of informers : conspiracy and political trust in William III's England /

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Author / Creator:Weil, Rachel.
Imprint:New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2014.
Description:1 online resource (xiii, 344 pages)
Language:English
Series:The Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history
Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13539223
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ISBN:9780300199284
0300199287
1306370620
9781306370622
9780300171044
0300171048
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:"Stories of plots, sham plots, and the citizen-informers who discovered them are at the center of Rachel Weil's compelling study of the turbulent decade following the Revolution of 1688. Most studies of the Glorious Revolution focus on its causes or long-term effects, but Weil instead zeroes in on the early years when the survival of the new regime was in doubt. By encouraging informers, imposing loyalty oaths, suspending habeas corpus, and delaying the long-promised reform of treason trial procedure, the Williamite regime protected itself from enemies and cemented its bonds with supporters, but also put its own credibility at risk"--
Other form:Print version: Weil, Rachel Judith. Plague of informers. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2013] 9780300171044
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Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 344 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780300199284
0300199287
1306370620
9781306370622
9780300171044
0300171048