Editing Lobbying (section)

== History ==
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In pre-modern political systems, [[royal court]]s provided incidental opportunities for gaining the ear of monarchs and their councilors.<ref>
For example:
{{cite book
 | last1 = Nicholls
 | first1 = Andrew D.
 | chapter = Kings, Courtiers, and Councillors: The Making of British Policy
 | title = The Jacobean Union: A Reconsideration of British Civil Policies Under the Early Stuarts
 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=r5gEbF0yyLMC
 | series = Contributions to the study of world history, ISSN 0885-9159
 | year = 1999
 | volume = 64
 | location = Westport, Connecticut
 | publisher = Greenwood Publishing Group R. D.      | page = 51
 | isbn = 9780313308352
 | access-date = 22 November 2018
 | quote = The royal court was home to the king and therefore was an important arena for policy issues and decisions. [...] we find isolated examples of lobbyists for particular interests. An example of such a figure was Sir John Hay, who spent frequent intervals at court during [the reigns of James VI/I and Charles I] when he acted as agent for the Scottish Royal Burghs.
}}
</ref>