Royalists and Patriots - Politics and Ideology in England, 1603-1640

List of contents

Acknowledgements Introduction Part One: Principles 1. The Divine Right of Kings 2. Government by Consent 3. The Ancient Constitution Part Two: Applications 4. Conflict and Compromise 5. The Liberty of the Subject 6. The Church Postscript Postscript to the Second Edition Suggestions for Further Reading Index

About the author

J.P. Sommerville

Summary

This well-known book reasserts the central importance of political and religious ideology in the origins of the English Civil War. Recent historiography has concentrated on its social and economic causes: Sommerville reminds us what the people of the time thought they were fighting about. Examining the main political theories in c.17th England - the Divine Right of Kings, government by consent, and the ancient constitution - he considers their impact on actual events. He draws on major political thinkers like Hobbes and Locke, but also on lesser but more representative figures, to explore what was new in these ideas and what was merely the common currency of the age. This major new edition incorporates all the latest thinking on the subject.

Product details

• Authors: Sommerville, J P Sommerville, J.P. Sommerville
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.12.2016
• EAN: 9781138176379
• ISBN: 978-1-138-17637-9
• No. of pages: 318
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science; European History, HISTORY / World, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), General & world history, Politics & government, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Politics and government, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, General and world history, C 1600 To C 1700