Classical Humanism and Republicanism in English Political Thought, 1570-1640: CLASSICAL HUMANISM & REPUBLICA

by Markku Peltonen

2021-01-07 19:17:54

Early modern England was a monarchy and the Englishman was a subject rather than a citizen. Scholars have assumed that those traditions of political thought that emphasize the citizen''s active role exercised no influence in England between the mid-s... Read more
Early modern England was a monarchy and the Englishman was a subject rather than a citizen. Scholars have assumed that those traditions of political thought that emphasize the citizen''s active role exercised no influence in England between the mid-sixteenth century and the Civil War in the 1640s. Markku Peltonen challenges that view and argues that early modern Englishmen could characterize their life as one of participation rather than subjection and portrays their community as having several distinctively republican features. Less

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File size9.06 X 6.1 X 0.98 in
Print pages372
PublisherCambridge University Press
Publication date December 16, 2004
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780521617161

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