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Commonwealth Principles: Republican Writing of the English Revolution
Jonathan Scott
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Description for Commonwealth Principles: Republican Writing of the English Revolution
hardcover. A major contribution to our understanding of seventeenth-century England, from one of its foremost historians. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 805. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
The republican writing of the English revolution has attracted a major scholarly literature. Yet there has been no single treatment of the subject as a whole, nor has it been adequately related to the larger upheaval from which it emerged, or to the larger body of radical thought of which it became the most influential component. Commonwealth Principles addresses these needs, and Jonathan Scott goes beyond existing accounts organized around a single key concept (whether constitutional, linguistic or moral) or author (usually James Harrington) to analyse this body of writing in full context. Linking various social, political and intellectual agendas ... Read more
The republican writing of the English revolution has attracted a major scholarly literature. Yet there has been no single treatment of the subject as a whole, nor has it been adequately related to the larger upheaval from which it emerged, or to the larger body of radical thought of which it became the most influential component. Commonwealth Principles addresses these needs, and Jonathan Scott goes beyond existing accounts organized around a single key concept (whether constitutional, linguistic or moral) or author (usually James Harrington) to analyse this body of writing in full context. Linking various social, political and intellectual agendas ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521843751
SKU
KSK0000630
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About Jonathan Scott
Jonathan Scott is Carroll Amundson Professor of British History at the University of Pittsburgh. A New Zealander by birth, he taught for many years at the University of Cambridge, before moving to the USA in 2002.
Reviews for Commonwealth Principles: Republican Writing of the English Revolution
'Commonwealth Principles demonstrates the range, vigour and intrigue of intellectual English Republicanism.' The Times Literary Supplement 'Commonwealth Principles presents a coherent and confident overview.' The Times Literary Supplement '… deserves to command the attention of a wide readership of early modern historians, and will asuredly stimulate further research into the ideological composition of seventeenth-century republicanism.' Journal of Ecclesiastical History