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Interrogates the standard view of turbulent and violent town-abbey relations through a combination of traditional and new research techniques.
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 connections and patronage, as much as of conflict, explains the development of early modern government. It shows how patronage was a vital tool that suited both local needs and the royal will.