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

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

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Bibliographic Details
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.
Subject:	William -- III, -- King of England, -- 1650-1702 -- Adversaries. William -- III, -- King of England, -- 1650-1702. Conspiracies -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century. Conspiracies. Enemies. Kings and rulers -- Succession. Politics and government. Great Britain -- History -- William and Mary, 1689-1702. Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1689-1702. Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Succession -- History -- 17th century. Great Britain. History.
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. Print version record.
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

Table of Contents:

Debates on National Security
A Trusted Government?
"A Tool with so Devilish an Edge": Government Officials and Political Informers in the 1690s
Identity, Honor, and Gender in the Narratives of Informers
Credit and Credibility in the Worlds of Richard Kingston
Loyalty and Credibility in the Lancashire "Sham Plot"
Representation, Politics, and Law in the Assassination Plot.