| Description |
xii, 798 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
The Cambridge history of political thought |
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Cambridge history of political thought.
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| Contents |
Humanism and political theory / Anthony Grafton -- Italian political thought, 1450-1530 / Nicolai Rubinstein -- Law / Donald R. Kelley -- Transalpine humanism / Brendan Bradshaw -- Scholasticism : survival and revival / J.H. Burns -- Christian obedience and authority, 1520-1550 / Francis Oakley -- Calvinism and resistance theory, 1550-1580 / Robert M. Kingdon -- Catholic resistance theory, Ultramontanism, and the royalist response, 1580-1620 / J.H.M. Salmon -- Constitutionalism / Howell A. Lloyd -- Sovereignty and the mixed constitution : Bodin and his critics / Julian H. Franklin -- Utopianism / J.C. Davis -- Absolutism and royalism / J.P. Sommerville -- England : ancient constitution and common law / Corinne C. Weston -- Leveller democracy and the Puritan revolution / David Wootton -- English republicanism / Blair Worden |
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Tacitism, scepticism, and reason of state / Peter Burke -- Grotius and Selden / Richard Tuck -- Hobbes and Spinoza / Noel Malcolm -- Pufendorf / Alfred Dufour -- The reception of Hobbes / Mark Goldie -- Locke / James Tully -- Conclusion / J.H. Burns |
| Summary |
This book, first published in 1992, presents a comprehensive scholarly account of the development of European political thinking through the Renaissance and the reformation to the 'scientific revolution' and political upheavals of the seventeenth century. It is written by a highly distinguished team of contributors |
| Analysis |
Bibliographies |
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Europe |
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History, Pre-1801 |
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Overseas item |
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Political ideologies |
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Politics History |
| Notes |
Includes indexes |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [703]-776 |
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Includes index |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Political science -- History.
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| Author |
Burns, J. H. (James Henderson)
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Goldie, Mark.
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| LC no. |
89022282 |
| ISBN |
0521247160 (hardback) |
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0521477727 (paperback) |
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