Mercy and authority in the Tudor state

Summary: Using a wide range of legal, administrative and literary sources, this study explores the role of the royal pardon in the exercise and experience of authority in Tudor England. It examines such abstract intangibles as power, legitimacy, and the state by looking at concrete life-and-death decisions of the Tudor monarchs.

Record details

ISBN: 0521037557
ISBN: 9780521037556
ISBN: 9780511495854
ISBN: 0511495854
ISBN: 9780511330681
ISBN: 0511330685
ISBN: 9780511203022
ISBN: 0511203020
ISBN: 9781107135796
ISBN: 1107135796
ISBN: 0521819482
ISBN: 9780521819480
ISBN: 6610162492
ISBN: 9786610162499
ISBN: 9780511070020
ISBN: 0511070020
ISBN: 9780511121098
ISBN: 0511121091
ISBN: 9780511061561
ISBN: 0511061560
Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 238 pages) : illustrations
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Publisher: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-231) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Mercy and the state -- Changing approaches to punishment and mitigation -- Changing approaches to the pardon -- Patronage, petitions, and the motives for mercy -- Public performances of pardon -- Protest and pardons.
Restrictions on Access Note:	NLC staff and students only.
Language Note:	English.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.