British Political Thought, 1500-1660: The Politics of the Post-Reformation

ISBN-13: 9780333574102 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 448 str.

Glenn Burgess

Opis

This is a comprehensive chronological survey of the political thought of post-reformation Britain, integrated around the theme of confrontation between political thought and political action. G. Burgess looks at a wide range of thinkers, including individual discussion of Hobbes and Locke.

Spis treści

Preface.- Introduction.- PART ONE: POLITICAL THOUGHT AND CONFESSIONAL POLITIES, 1500-1640.- Henrician Political Thought.- Reformation, Obedience and Resistance.- Lawful Politics and Protestant Conformity: Political Thought in the Age of Elizabeth I.- Peaceful Politics? Jacobean and Caroline England.- PART TWO: POLITICAL THOUGHT AND RELIGIOUS REVOLUTION, 1640-1660.- Resistance and Royalism in the British Monarchies.- Religion and Radicalism in the English Revolution.- Thomas Hobbes.- Republicanism and the English Commonwealth: Political Thought During the Interregnum.- Conclusion.- Notes.- Further Reading.- Index.

O autorze

GLENN BURGESS is Professor of History at the University of Hull, UK. His previous publications include The Politics of the Ancient Constitution (1992) and Absolute Monarchy and the Stuart Constitution (1996).