Henry Parker and the English Civil War - The Political Thought of the Public''s ''Privado''

Klappentext Professor Mendle situates each of Parker's significant tracts in its polemical! intellectual! and political context. Zusammenfassung This is the first full study in fifty years of the author of the most celebrated political tract of the early years of the English Civil War. Parker's literary work is viewed in the light of his career as privado! or intimate adviser! to leading figures of the parliamentary leadership. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. The public's privado; 2. The ship money case and The Case of Shipmony; 3. Religio laici; 4. Observations and the political theory of the emergency; 5. The Observator observed; 6. 'Vaine Confidence in the Law': the Observator responds; 7. Diverse urgent emergent considerations; 8. Disputable and visible politics; Conclusion: contrary points of war; Appendix: the writings of Henry Parker.

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• Autori: Michael Mendle, Michael (University of Alabama) Mendle
• Con la collaborazione di: Anthony Fletcher (Editore), John Guy (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 13.11.2003
• EAN: 9780521521314
• ISBN: 978-0-521-52131-4
• Pagine: 228
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in Early Mod
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia