The Politics of Counsel in England and Scotland, 1286-1707
The Politics of Counsel in England and Scotland, 1286-1707
Lecturer in History
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Abstract
Counsel was a fundamental element of politics in medieval and early modern England and Scotland. It assisted decision-making; facilitated dialogue, representation, accountability, consent and consensus; and was used tactically to delegate, delay and criticise decisions. Despite the platitudinous commonplace that good rulers heard advice, counsel was fraught with tension. Whose advice was wisest, whether it should be given in institutional councils, and its relationship to sovereignty, were questions at the heart of thirteenth- to seventeenth-century political debate. Emphasising counsel over councils, and exploring how to identify this ubiquitous yet archivally elusive practice, this volume uses government records, pamphlets, plays, poetry, histories and oaths to establish a new framework for understanding advice, reassess some crucial reigns, and evaluate continuity and change.
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Front Matter
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The Problem of Political Counsel in Medieval and Early Modern England and Scotland
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‘Lele consail for the comoun profite’: Kings, Guardians and Councils in the Scottish Kingdom, c.1250–1450
Michael Brown
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Counsel and the King’s Council in England, c.1340–c.1540
John Watts
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Counsel and Conscience in Lancastrian England
Jeremy Catto
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Locality, Polity and the Politics of Counsel: Royal and Urban Councils in England, 1420–1429
Eliza Hartrich
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‘Perverst counsale’? Rebellion, Satire and the Politics of Advice in Fifteenth-Century Scotland
Claire Hawes
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Councils, Counsel and Consensus in Henry VIII’s Reformation
Richard Rex
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Elizabeth I and Counsel
Susan Doran
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‘Jerusalem thou dydst promyse to buylde up’: Kingship, Counsel and Early Elizabethan Drama
Paulina Kewes
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Consultation, Counsel and the ‘Early Stuart Period’ in Scotland
Alan R. MacDonald
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Councils, Providence and Political Legitimacy in Early Virginia
Alexander Haskell
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Counsel and Covenant: Aristocratic Conciliarism and the Scottish Revolution
Roger A. Mason
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Sir Edward Hyde and the Problem of Counsel in Mid-Seventeenth-Century Royalist Thought
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Councils, Counsel and the Seventeenth-Century Composite State
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End Matter
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