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02884aam a2200445 i 4500 001 66FDEB64BEE311E3B118CA8BDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20140408010112 008 130620s2013 ctua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2013024690 020 $a 0300171048 (hardback) 020 $a 9780300171044 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)849822674 040 $a DLC $e rda $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d OCLCO $d YDXCP $d CDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-uk--- 050 00 $a DA460 $b .W45 2013 082 00 $a 941.06/8 $2 23 084 $a POL036000 $a HIS037040 $a POL036000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Weil, Rachel Judith, $e author. 245 12 $a A plague of informers : $b conspiracy and political trust in William III's England / $c Rachel Weil. 264 1 $a New Haven : $b Yale University Press, $c [2013] 300 $a xiii, 344 pages ; $c 25 cm. 490 1 $a The Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Debates on National Security -- A Trusted Government? -- "A Tool with so Devilish an Edge": Government Officials and Political Informers in the 1690s -- Identity, Honor, and Gender in the Narratives of Informers -- Credit and Credibility in the Worlds of Richard Kingston -- Loyalty and Credibility in the Lancashire "Sham Plot" -- Representation, Politics, and Law in the Assassination Plot. 520 $a " Stories of plots, sham plots, and the citizen-informers who discovered them are at the center of Rachel Weil's compelling study of the turbulent decade following the Revolution of 1688. Most studies of the Glorious Revolution focus on its causes or long-term effects, but Weil instead zeroes in on the early years when the survival of the new regime was in doubt. By encouraging informers, imposing loyalty oaths, suspending habeas corpus, and delaying the long-promised reform of treason trial procedure, the Williamite regime protected itself from enemies and cemented its bonds with supporters, but also put its own credibility at risk"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 00 $a William $b III, $c King of England, $d 1650-1702 $x Adversaries. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x History $y William and Mary, 1689-1702. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x Politics and government $y 1689-1702. 650 0 $a Conspiracies $z Great Britain $x History $y 17th century. 650 0 $a Great Britain $x History $x Succession $x History $y 17th century. 650 7 $a HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Intelligence. $2 bisacsh 830 0 $a Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history. 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20200103020320.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191211023328.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=66FDEB64BEE311E3B118CA8BDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search