Court–Country debate

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The Court–Country debate was a political and ideological conflict in late 17th- and early 18th-century Britain between supporters of centralized royal government and its critics who championed parliamentary independence and civic virtue.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British political tradition
historical phenomenon
ideological conflict
political conflict
hasCentralConcept centralized royal government
civic virtue
corruption
corruption of Parliament
executive power
fiscal-military state
liberty
mixed constitution
parliamentary independence
patronage
public credit
standing armies
virtue
hasCountry Kingdom of England NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Great Britain NERFINISHED
hasEndTime early 18th century
hasLanguage English
hasLocation Britain NERFINISHED
England NERFINISHED
Parliament of England NERFINISHED
hasMainParticipants Country party
Court party
critics of centralized royal government
members of Parliament
political writers
supporters of centralized royal government
hasOpposingSide Country interest
Court interest
advocates of parliamentary independence
supporters of royal prerogative
hasPeriod Glorious Revolution era NERFINISHED
Restoration era NERFINISHED
reigns of William III and Anne
hasRelatedConcept Country party
Court party
Tory party NERFINISHED
Whig party NERFINISHED
civic humanism
constitutional monarchy
corruption discourse
opposition politics
parliamentary sovereignty
patronage politics
republicanism
hasStartTime late 17th century
influenced American revolutionary ideology
British opposition thought
Country ideology in the American colonies
Whig political theory NERFINISHED
eighteenth-century radicalism
influencedBy English Civil War NERFINISHED
Glorious Revolution of 1688 NERFINISHED
Restoration of the monarchy NERFINISHED
classical republicanism
republican ideas

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Court party relatedConcept Court–Country debate