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Governing by Virtue
Norman Jones
其他書名
Lord Burghley and the Management of Elizabethan England
出版OUP Oxford, 2015-10-01
主題History / Europe / Great Britain / GeneralHistory / Europe / RenaissancePolitical Science / Political Process / GeneralPolitical Science / Public Affairs & AdministrationHistory / Social History
ISBN01910176989780191017698
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=KfiJCgAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Managing early modern England was difficult because the state was weak. Although Queen Elizabeth was the supreme ruler, she had little bureaucracy, no standing army, and no police force. This meant that her chief manager, Lord Burghley, had to work with the gentlemen of the magisterial classes in order to keep the peace and defend the realm. He did this successfully by employing the shared value systems of the ruling classes, an improved information system, and gentle coercion. Using Burghley's archive, Governing by Virtue explores how he ran a state whose employees were venal, who owned their jobs for life, or whose power derived from birth and possession, not allegiance, even during national crises like that of the Spanish Armada.