Secretaries of State, 1681-1782. e-bog
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Published in 1968: While giving a lucid account of the functions and difficulties of the office of Principal Secretary, the author shows clearly how the retention of this position was a characteristic example of the English habit of clinging to old forms in political matters long after these forms have ceased to bear any relationship to reality. Originally a clerk in the King's private househol...
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288,10 DKK
Forlag
Routledge
Udgivet
29 maj 2019
Længde
206 sider
Genrer
Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9780429620881
Published in 1968: While giving a lucid account of the functions and difficulties of the office of Principal Secretary, the author shows clearly how the retention of this position was a characteristic example of the English habit of clinging to old forms in political matters long after these forms have ceased to bear any relationship to reality. Originally a clerk in the King's private household and writer of his letters, by the end of the seventeenth century the position had become a political office, second only in importance to that of Lord High Treasurer.