Title Mercy and authority in the Tudor state / K.J. Kesselring

Published Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 238 pages) : illustrations Series Cambridge studies in early modern British history Cambridge studies in early modern British history Contents 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 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-231) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Power (Social sciences) -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century Prerogative, Royal -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century Monarchy -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century Pardon -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Penology. Monarchy Pardon Politics and government Power (Social sciences) Prerogative, Royal SUBJECT Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1485-1603. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056883 Subject Great Britain Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 0511061560 9780511061561 0511121091 9780511121098 0511070020 9780511070020 9786610162499 6610162492 9780521819480 0521819482 1107135796 9781107135796 0511203020 9780511203022 0511330685 9780511330681 0511495854 9780511495854 9780521037556 0521037557

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