Two English Republican Tracts
Author: Robbins
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010-08-26
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780521147484
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProfessor Robbins examines English republicanism through the works of Neville and Moyle.
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Republicanism, Liberty, and Commercial Society, 1649-1776
Author: David Wootton
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 518
ISBN-13: 9780804723565
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis examination of republicanism in an Anglo-American and European context gives weight not only to the thought of the theorists of republicanism but also to the practical experience of republican governments in England, Geneva, the Netherlands, and Venice.
The English Republican Exiles in Europe during the Restoration
Author: Gaby Mahlberg
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2020-10
Total Pages: 319
ISBN-13: 1108841627
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOffers a transnational perspective on 17th-century English republicanism, focusing on the lived experiences of English republican exiles.
The Captive Republic
Author: Mark McKenna
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1996-12-23
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780521576185
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe idea of an Australian republic has existed from the moment the First Fleet sailed into Sydney Harbour. This book is a comprehensive history of republican thought and activity in Australia and traces republican debate in Australia from 1788. It explains the pivotal role played by republican philosophies in the decades before responsible government was granted to the Australian colonies in 1856 and prior to federation in 1901. Mark McKenna also describes the often erratic appearance of republicanism during the twentieth century, focusing in particular on the period after 1975, when the issue of a republic became a prominent and increasingly fixed term on the political agenda. This book will be essential reading for all those with an interest in political and intellectual history. It calls for a higher level of public debate about the republic and makes an outstanding contribution to this debate itself.
The Ashgate Research Companion to The Sidneys, 1500-1700
Author: Michael G. Brennan
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2020-07-26
Total Pages: 505
ISBN-13: 1000152138
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFew families have contributed as much to English history and literature-indeed, to the arts generally-as the Sidney family. This two-volume Ashgate Research Companion assesses the current state of scholarship on family members and their impact, as historical and literary figures, in the period 1500-1700. Volume 1: Lives, begins with an overview of the Sidneys and politics, providing some links to court events, entertainments, literature, and patronage. The volume gives biographies to prominent high-profile Sidney women and men, as well as sections assessing the influence of the family in the areas of the English court, international politics, patronage, religion, public entertainment, the visual arts, and music. The focus of the second volume is the literary contributions of Sir Philip Sidney; Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke; Lady Mary Wroth; Robert Sidney, Earl of Leicester; and William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke.
Two Treatises of Government
Author: John Locke
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1967
Total Pages: 548
ISBN-13: 9780521069038
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the Publisher: This is a new revised version of Dr. Laslett's standard edition of Two Treatises. First published in 1960, and based on an analysis of the whole body of Locke's publications, writings, and papers. The Introduction and text have been revised to incorporate references to recent scholarship since the second edition and the bibliography has been updated.
The Ideological Origins of the British Empire
Author: David Armitage
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2000-09-04
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780521789783
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Ideological Origins of the British Empire presents a comprehensive history of British conceptions of empire for more than half a century. David Armitage traces the emergence of British imperial identity from the mid-sixteenth to the mid-eighteenth centuries, using a full range of manuscript and printed sources. By linking the histories of England, Scotland and Ireland with the history of the British Empire, he demonstrates the importance of ideology as an essential linking between the processes of state-formation and empire-building. This book sheds light on major British political thinkers, from Sir Thomas Smith to David Hume, by providing fascinating accounts of the 'British problem' in the early modern period, of the relationship between Protestantism and empire, of theories of property, liberty and political economy in imperial perspective, and of the imperial contribution to the emergence of British 'identities' in the Atlantic world.
British Politics in the Age of Anne
Author: Geoffrey Holmes
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 1987-01-01
Total Pages: 623
ISBN-13: 0907628745
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBritish Politics in the Age of Anne is a book that anyone with an interest in the period will wish to possess: completely authoritative, yet as attractive to the student and the general reader as to the specialist. The author has both revised the text and written a substantial new introduction to this edition. Geoffrey Holmes reveals how little the structure and contents of politics under Queen Anne had in common with the connexion-ridden scene of the mid-eighteenth century, as portrayed by Namier. He depicts a period of fierce and genuine party conflict, in which society at many levels was divided by great issues of principle and policy. Through frequent and hotly-contested elections and long parliamentary campaigns both Whigs and Tories enjoyed triumphs and suffered disasters. And while struggling against one another, each had to contend with internal factions and pressure-groups, the divisive thrust of personal ambitions and the hostility of the queen to single party rule. British politics in the Age of Anne is more than a major work of analysis and a historiographical landmark. By liberal use of quotation, eye for detail, sense of atmosphere and vivid character sketches of both leading and lesser personae, Professor Holmes recreates the unique political life of the high Augustan age.
The Pillars of Priestcraft Shaken
Author: J. A. I. Champion
Publisher: CUP Archive
Published: 1992-03-12
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780521405362
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published in 1992, this book examines the intellectual confrontation between priest and Freethinker from 1660 to 1730, and the origins of the early phase of the Enlightenment in England. Through an analysis of the practice of historical writing in the period, Champion maintains that historical argument was a central component for displaying defences of true religion. Taking religion, and specifically defences of the Church of England after 1660, as central to the politics of the period, the first two chapters of the book explore the varieties of clericalist histories, arguing that there were rival emphases upon regnum or sacerdos as the font of true religion. The remainder of the book examines how radical Freethinkers like John Toland or the third Earl of Shaftesbury set about attacking the corrupt priestcraft of established religion, but also importantly promoted a reforming civil theology.
Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu
Author: David Carrithers
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-07-05
Total Pages: 627
ISBN-13: 1351572237
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe French philosophe Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755) was a political and social thinker of enormous depth, range, originality, and influence. The essays by eminent scholars reprinted in this volume explore significant aspects of his contributions to political, constitutional, and religious thought during the epoch of the French Enlightenment. Topics highlighted include his Persian Letters (1721), his history of Rome (1734), and the views he expressed in The Spirit of Laws (1748) on natural law, forms of government, English constitutionalism, religion, commerce, international relations, and the philosophy of history. Supplemented by a detailed introduction that contextualizes the papers selected for this volume, as well as an extensive bibliography, this work serves as an authoritative reference to the best scholarship on Montesquieu's political thought. The volume is edited and introduced by David W. Carrithers, Adolph Ochs Professor of Government at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and author of numerous publications on Montesquieu.
