Examines relations between centre and localities in seventeenth century England by looking at early Stuart government through the lens of provincial towns.This

This study of politics in early modern England uses the relations between provincial towns, the landed elite, and the crown to argue that the growth of personal

The book discusses the 'state trial' as a legal process, a public spectacle, and a point of political conflict - a key part of how constitutional monarchy becam

The commonly held view about English administrative law is that it is of recent origin, with some dating it from the mid-20th century and some venturing back to

Civil Religion - a tradition of political thought that has argued for a close connection between religion and the state - made an important contribution to the