Honour, interest and power : an illustrated history of the House of Lords, 1660-1715

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Honour, interest and power : an illustrated history of the House of Lords, 1660-1715

edited by Ruth Paley and Paul Seaward ... [et al.]

Boydell Press, 2010

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Honour, interest and power

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Published for the History of Parliament Trust

Bibliography: p. 365-366

Includes index

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The House of Lords presented the stage on which some of the critical confrontations in English and British constitutional and political history were played out in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century. Published for the History of Parliament Trust. Condemned as 'useless and dangerous', the House of Lords was abolished in the revolution of 1649, shortly after the execution of King Charles I. Reinstated, along with the monarchy, at the Restoration of 1660, the House of Lords vigorously renewed its involvement in the political life of the nation. This highly illustrated book presents the first results from the research undertaken by the History of Parliament Trust on the peers and bishops between the Restoration and the accession of George I. It shows them as politicians at Westminster; as members of an elite intensely conscious of their honour and status; as a class apart, always devising new schemes - successful and unsuccessful - to increase their wealth and 'interest'; and as local grandees, to whom local society looked for leadership and protection. From the proud duke of Somerset to the beggarly Lord Mohun, from the devious earl of Oxford to the disgruntled Lord Lucas, the material here presents initial insights into the nature of the Restoration House of Lords and the men who formed it, showing them in their best moments, when they vigorously defended the law and the constitution, and in their worst, as they obsessively concerned themselves with honour and precedence and indefatigably pursued private interests. RUTH PALEY is editor, and BEVERLY ADAMS, ROBIN EAGLES and CHARLES LITTLETON are senior research fellows, for the House of Lords, 1660-1832 section of The History of Parliament. PAUL SEAWARD is director of The History of Parliament.

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Foreword by Patrick Cormack, the Chairman of the History of Parliament Trust 'The ancient landmark': the House of Lords in the Constitutional Landscape The Peerage: recruitment, extinction and the inflation of honours Getting and spending The Lords in Parliament Honour, Power and Privilege The House of Lords at work The business of the House Interest: the lords and the nation Epilogue: The Hanoverian succession and the 1719 peerage bill

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