{"id":15039,"date":"2022-06-07T15:18:03","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T13:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=209435"},"modified":"2022-06-07T15:31:08","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T13:31:08","slug":"shady-deals-rigged-elections-the-changing-face-of-corruption","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/shady-deals-rigged-elections-the-changing-face-of-corruption\/","title":{"rendered":"Shady deals &amp; rigged elections: the changing face of corruption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Ellie Cawthorne\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 07 June 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Professor Mark Knights discusses how ideas about corruption were transformed in Britain and its empire between 1600 and 1850. Speaking to Ellie Cawthorne, he delves into the shady realms of bribery and electoral corruption and the blurred lines between public service and private gain.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"&quot;wp-audio-shortcode&quot;\" id=\"&quot;audio-209435-1&quot;\" preload=\"&quot;none&quot;\" style=\"&quot;width:\" controls=\"&quot;controls&quot;\"><source type=\"&quot;audio\/mpeg&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/06\/HistoryExtra20220607-cb5b7b3.mp3?_=1&quot;\"\/><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/06\/HistoryExtra20220607-cb5b7b3.mp3&quot;\">https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/06\/HistoryExtra20220607-cb5b7b3.mp3<\/a><\/audio><p><strong>Mark Knights is the author of <em>Trust and Distrust: Corruption in Office in Britain and its Empire, 1600-1850<\/em> (Oxford University press, 2021)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/books\/trust-and-distrust-corruption-in-office-in-britain-and-its-empire-1600-1850\/9780198796244&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;nofollow noopener noreferrer\" noopener=\"\" noreferrer=\"\"><strong>Buy now on Bookshop.org<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Trust-Distrust-Corruption-Britain-1600-1850\/dp\/0198796242?tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-0&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Buy now on Amazon<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.waterstones.com\/book\/trust-and-distrust\/mark-knights\/9780198796244&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;nofollow noopener noreferrer\" noopener=\"\" noreferrer=\"\"><strong>Buy now on Waterstones<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ellie Cawthorne Published: Tuesday, 07 June 2022 at 12:00 am Professor Mark Knights discusses how ideas about corruption were transformed in Britain and its empire between 1600 and 1850. 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