Institutional change and property rights before the Industrial Revolution: the case of the English Court of Wards and Liveries, 1540–1660

S Bottomley - The Journal of Economic History, 2023 - cambridge.org
Secure property rights are usually considered to be essential for sustained economic
development. In England, it is debated whether property rights have been secure since the …

Aristocratic women at the Late Elizabethan Court: politics, patronage and power

JL Hocking - 2015 - hekyll.services.adelaide.edu.au
This thesis examines the power of aristocratic women in politics and patronage in the final
years of the Elizabethan court (1580 to 1603). Substantial archival sources are analysed to …