Title State and commonwealth : the theory of the state in early modern England, 1549-1640 / Noah Dauber

Published Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 263 pages) Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION: STATE, REPUBLIC, AND COMMONWEALTH; CHAPTER 1. THE REFORMERS' COMMONWEALTH; CHAPTER 2. A SOCIETY OF ORDERS; CHAPTER 3. THE MONARCHICAL REPUBLIC; CHAPTER 4. THE PRIVATE AND THE PUBLIC; CHAPTER 5. THE PENAL STATE AND THE COMMONWEALTH OF CONSCIENCE; CONCLUSION: THE LEGACY OF COMMONWEALTH; Bibliography; Index Summary "In the history of political thought, the emergence of the modern state in early modern England has usually been treated as the development of an increasingly centralizing and expansive national sovereignty. Recent work in political and social history, however, has shown that the state--at court, in the provinces, and in the parishes--depended on the authority of local magnates and the participation of what has been referred to as "the middling sort." This poses challenges to scholars seeking to describe how the state was understood by contemporaries of the period in light of the great classical and religious textual traditions of political thought. State and Commonwealth presents a new theory of state and society by expanding on the usual treatment of "commonwealth" in pre-Civil War English history. Drawing on works of theology, moral philosophy, and political theory--including Martin Bucer's De Regno Christi, Thomas Smith's De Republica Anglorum, John Case's Sphaera Civitatis, Francis Bacon's essays, and Thomas Hobbes's early works--Noah Dauber argues that the commonwealth ideal was less traditional than often thought. He shows how it incorporated new ideas about self-interest and new models of social order and stratification, and how the associated ideal of distributive justice pertained as much to the honors and offices of the state as to material wealth. Broad-ranging in scope, State and Commonwealth provides a more complete picture of the relationship between political and social theory in early modern England."-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes In English Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed August 31, 2017) Subject Political science -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century Political science -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century State, The. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- History & Theory. Political science Politics and government State, The SUBJECT Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1558-1603. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056888 Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1603-1649. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056890 Subject Great Britain Genre/Form History dissertations. Academic theses. Thèses et écrits académiques. Form Electronic book ISBN 1400881013 9781400881017

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