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State and Commonwealth: The Theory of the State in Early Modern England, 1549-1640
Noah Dauber
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Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
In the history of political thought, the emergence of the modern state in early modern England has usually been treated as the development of an increasingly centralizing and expansive national sovereignty. Recent work in political and social history, however, has shown that the state--at court, in the provinces, and in the parishes--depended on the authority of local magnates and the participation of what has been referred to as the middling sort. This poses challenges to scholars seeking to describe how the state was understood by contemporaries of the period in light of the great classical and religious textual ... Read more
In the history of political thought, the emergence of the modern state in early modern England has usually been treated as the development of an increasingly centralizing and expansive national sovereignty. Recent work in political and social history, however, has shown that the state--at court, in the provinces, and in the parishes--depended on the authority of local magnates and the participation of what has been referred to as the middling sort. This poses challenges to scholars seeking to describe how the state was understood by contemporaries of the period in light of the great classical and religious textual ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
587 g
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691170305
SKU
V9780691170305
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About Noah Dauber
Noah Dauber is assistant professor of political science at Colgate University.
Reviews for State and Commonwealth: The Theory of the State in Early Modern England, 1549-1640
This is a book for dedicated scholars of the period who will delight in Dauber's careful erudition.
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