| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 298 pages) |
| Contents |
Shaftesbury and the seventeenth century / John Spurr -- "Mechanic tyrannie": Anthony Ashley Cooper and the English republic / Alan Marshall -- Shaftesbury and the royal supremacy / Paul Seaward -- Annual parliaments and aristocratic whiggism / Mark Goldie -- Shaftesbury's aristocratic empire / Thomas Leng -- Shaftesbury and the politics of religion / John Spurr -- The unscholastic statesman: Shaftesbury and Locke / J.R. Milton -- England's "little sisters without breasts": Shaftesbury and Scotland and Ireland / Tim Harris -- Shaftesbury and the exclusion crisis / Lionel K.J. Glassey -- Shaftesbury and the Rye House Plot / Philip Milton |
| Summary |
This book investigates the life and reputation of Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of Shaftesbury, Restoration England's most important politician. As well as re-evaluating his well-known early republican sympathies, the Cabal, the Popish Plot and the politics of party faction - other less familiar themes are explored such as his involvement in the expansion of England's overseas colonies, his relationship with John Locke, his political connections with Scotland and Ireland and his high profile public reputation. These ten leading scholars present a unique picture of this intriguing political figur |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1621-1683.
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| SUBJECT |
Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1621-1683 fast |
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Political science -- Great Britain
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
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Politics and government
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Political science
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Great Britain -- History -- Charles II, 1660-1685.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056800
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Great Britain -- History -- Restoration, 1660-1688.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056801
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Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1660-1688. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056896
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| Subject |
Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Spurr, John.
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| ISBN |
9781409426455 |
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1409426459 |
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