The English Republican Exiles in Europe during the Restoration

ISBN-13: 9781108841627 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 300 str.

Gaby Mahlberg (University of Warwick)

Opis

Offers a transnational perspective on 17th-century English republicanism through an intimate portrait of the lives of three English republicans - Edmund Ludlow, Henry Neville, and Algernon Sidney - who went into exile in Europe after the Restoration.

Recenzje

'The appealingly written book continues the trend in British historiography of recent years to free English and British history from its insular, narrow and/or Atlantic orientation and instead to link it more closely with continental European developments. This includes the political and, above all, the religious-denominational conditions, which the author takes a convincing look at. The work therefore opens up exciting insights into the mixed relationships between religion and politics, exemplified by the living environments of three fascinating personalities.' Alexander Schunka, Sehepunkte (translated from German)

Spis treści

Introduction; Part I. Networks and communities: 1. Cross-channel connections; 2. Local support, confessional and cross-confessional connections; Part II. Exiles, assassins and activism: 3. The nature of exile and its dangers; 4. Plots, conspiracies and ideas; Part III. Works of exile: 5. Ludlow's protestant vision; 6. Sidney's rebellious vision; 7. Neville's utopian vision; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.