William Penn: Political Writings

A fully annotated scholarly edition of the political writings of William Penn (1644-1718), an influential theorist of liberty of conscience.

List of contents

Acknowledgments; Introduction; Note on the Texts; Part I. Political Liberties: 1. The Peoples Ancient and Just Liberties Asserted (1670); 2. Englands Present Interest Discover'd (1675); 3. England's great interest in the choice of this Parliament (1679); 4. The Great and Popular Objection Against the Repeal of the Penal Laws and Tests (1688); Part II. Toleration and Liberty of Conscience: 5. The Great Case of Liberty of Conscience (1670); 6. The Proposed Comprehension (1673); 7. One Project for the good of England (1679); 8. A Perswasive to Moderation (1686); Part III. Pennsylvania: 9. Some account of the Province of Pennsilvania in America (1681); 10. The Fundamental Constitutions of Pennsilvania (unpublished, summer 1681); 11. The Frame of Government and Laws agreed upon in England (1682); 12. The Charter of Privileges (1701); Part IV. Broader Perspectives: 13. An Essay Towards the Present and Future Peace of Europe (1693); 14. A Brief and Plain scheame (unpublished, 1697); 15. Proposal for the Advancement of Trade in America (unpublished, 1697); Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Andrew R. Murphy is Professor of Political Science at Virginia Commonwealth University. His work on Penn has spanned several decades, including a biography, William Penn: A Life (2019), and the first study of Penn's political thought in fifty years, Liberty, Conscience, and Toleration (2016).

Summary

William Penn (1644-1718) had been a sophisticated, influential theorist of liberty of conscience for more than a decade before he founded Pennsylvania. This fully annotated, scholarly edition of his political writings presents the essentials of his theory and sheds important new light on the history of religious toleration in England and America.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew R. (Virginia Commonwealth Universit Murphy
• Assisted by: Andrew R. Murphy (Editor), Andrew R. (Virginia Commonwealth University) Murphy (Editor), Murphy Andrew R. (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2020
• EAN: 9781108739504
• ISBN: 978-1-108-73950-4
• No. of pages: 400
• Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, Colonialism & imperialism, Political science & theory, Colonialism and imperialism, History of the Americas, Political science and theory