Republicanism
Author: Martin van Gelderen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 436
ISBN-13: 9780521672351
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThese volumes offer the first comprehensive study of republicanism as a shared European heritage. Professors Skinner and van Gelderen have assembled an internationally distinguished set of contributors whose studies highlight the richness and diversity of European republican traditions. Volume I looks at anti-monarchism in Europe, humanist theories of citizenship and the constitutional nature of the republic. Volume II is devoted to the study of key republican values --liberty, virtue, politeness and toleration. It also addresses the role of women and relationship between republicanism and the rise of a commercial society. -- Amazon.com.