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Preface; List of abbreviations; Part I. Corporate Ideal and PartisanReality: 1. The paradox of partisan politics; 2. 'The best of politics'; 3.From purge to purge: Civil War, Interregnum, and Restoration in thecorporations; 4. Partisan politics, 1663-1682; Part II. The King and hisCorporations, 1660-1688: 5. The corporations and their charters, 1660-1682;6. Quo warranto and the King's corporations, 1682-1685; 7. Revolution in thecorporations, 1685-1688; Part III. Partisan Conflict and the Law in a DynamicSociety: 8. The legacy of the 1680s; 9. Partisan conflict and politicalstability, 1702-1727; 10. 1660, 1688, 1727, and beyond; Select bibliography;Index.