Connecting centre and locality Political communication in early modern England

• Main Authors: Kyle, Chris R, Peacey, Jason
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: United Kingdom Manchester University Press 2020
• Edition: 1
• Series: Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain
• Subjects: British Studies; Communication; Communication in politics; Communication in politics-Great Britain-History; Communication-Political aspects-Great Britain-History; European Studies; General history of Europe England & Wales; Great Britain-Politics and government-1603-1714; HISTORY; Social History
• ISBN: 9781526147165; 1526147165; 9781526147158; 1526147157
• DOI: 10.2307/j.ctvzgb6k7

This collection explores the dynamics of local/national political culture in seventeenth-century Britain, with particular reference to political communication. It examines the degree to which connections were forged between politics in London, Whitehall and Westminster, politics in the localities and the patterns and processes that can be recovered. The goal is to create a dialogue between two prominent strands in recent historiography and between the work of social and political historians of the early modern period. Chapters by leading historians of Stuart England examine how the state worked to communicate with its people and how local communities, often far from the metropole, opened their own lines of communication with the centre.This collection explores the dynamics of local/national political culture in seventeenth-century Britain, with particular reference to political communication. It examines the degree to which connections were forged between politics in London, Whitehall and Westminster, politics in the localities and the patterns and processes that can be recovered. The goal is to create a dialogue between two prominent strands in recent historiography and between the work of social and political historians of the early modern period. Chapters by leading historians of Stuart England examine how the state worked to communicate with its people and how local communities, often far from the metropole, opened their own lines of communication with the centre.