Nature and Uses of Lotteries

Informationen zum Autor Thomas Gataker was born in 1574 and was a moderate Puritan divine! advocating a mix of primitive episcopacy and Presbyterianism. He was appointed in 1611 to the parish of Rotherhithe! Surrey! where he remained until his death in 1654. Klappentext A fresh edition of author's 17th-century treatise! with spellings and explanatory notes. Zusammenfassung Thomas Gataker was a disputatious Puritan divine. His The Nature and Uses of Lotteries (1627) was the first systematic exposition of a modern view of lotteries, not just as a form of gambling, but as a fair method of division.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Gataker
• Assisted by: Conall Boyle (Editor)
• Publisher: Imprint Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.2008
• EAN: 9781845401177
• ISBN: 978-1-84540-117-7
• No. of pages: 300
• Series: Luck of the Draw: Sortition an; Sortition and Public Policy; Luck of the Draw: Sortition an
• Subjects: Guides > Hobby, home > Games, quizzes; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries