Counsel and Command in Early Modern English Thought

The first comprehensive study of early modern English political counsel and its association with the discourse of sovereignty.

About the author

Joanne Paul is Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of Sussex where her research currently focuses on Thomas More's Utopia, as well as the Dudley family during the reign of the Tudors. Winner of the 2014 Sir John Neale Prize for Tudor History, she is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. She is the author of Thomas More (2016), and numerous articles in journals such as Renaissance Quarterly, Renaissance Studies and Hobbes Studies.

Summary

Counsel and Command in Early Modern English Thought establishes the precise role political counsel played during the 'monarchy of counsel', from the end of the Wars of the Roses to the end of the English Civil War, and its relation to the discourse of sovereignty, through analysis of the relevant texts in their social and political contexts.

Product details

• Authors: Joanne (University of Sussex) Paul, Joanne Paul, Paul Joanne
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 30.04.2020
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous
• EAN: 9781108490177
• ISBN: 978-1-108-49017-7
• Pages: 264
• Series: Ideas in Context; Ideas in Context, Series Numbe
• Subjects: History of Ideas, European History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, c 1500 onwards to present day, British & Irish history, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700