Political Thought of the English Free State, 16491653

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Changing the form of government; 2. Anti-monarchism; 3. The free state; 4. Aristocracy; 5. Democracy; Epilogue.

About the author

Markku Peltonen is Professor of History at the University of Helsinki. He has published widely on early modern political thought and intellectual history, including Classical Humanism and Republicanism in English Political Thought 1570–1640 (1995), The Duel in Early Modern England (2003) and Rhetoric, Politics and Popularity in Pre-Revolutionary England (2012), all published by Cambridge University Press. He has also edited The Cambridge Companion to Bacon (1996 ) and has been the recipient of numerous international research fellowships and awards.

Summary

Presents a provocative reassessment of the English Revolution and an original new perspective on English republicanism, drawing on a wide range of sources, including the vast political pamphlet literature of the era. The book also highlights the unprecedented debate over whether the free state was an aristocracy or democracy.

Foreword

Presents a provocative reassessment of the English Revolution and an original new perspective on English republicanism.

Product details

• Authors: Markku Peltonen, Markku (University of Helsinki) Peltonen, Peltonen Markku
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2024
• EAN: 9781009212052
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0921205-2
• No. of pages: 273
• Series: Ideas in Context
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Political science & theory, Political science and theory