Absolute Monarchy And The Stuart Constitution
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Absolute Monarchy And The Stuart Constitution
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Author : Glenn Burgess
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-01-04
Absolute Monarchy And The Stuart Constitution written by Glenn Burgess and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-04 with categories.
In this ambitious reinterpretation of the early Stuart period in England, Glenn Burgess contends that the common understanding of seventeenth-century English politics is oversimplified and inaccurate. The long-accepted standard view holds that gradual polarization between the Court and Parliament during the reigns of James I and Charles I reflected the split between absolutists--who upheld the divine right of monarchy to rule--and constitutionalists--who resisted tyranny by insisting the monarch was subject to law--and resulted inevitably in civil war. Yet, Burgess argues, the very terms that have been used to understand the period are misleading: there were almost no genuine absolutist thinkers in England before the Civil War, and the "constitutionalism" of common lawyers and parliamentarians was a very different notion from current understandings of that term. Burgess turns to the great body of common law that enshrined many of England's liberties and institutions. Examining the political opinions of such key figures as Sir Edward Coke and Sir Francis Bacon, he concludes that the laws of the land represented a civilization no monarchist would have attacked. Further, absolutism was a rare creed at the time and, while it was accepted that the king was next to God in authority, this detracted nothing from the insistence that he rule under the law. Rather than a polarization of ideas fueling political division, says Burgess, it was Charles I's inappropriate exploitation of agreed prerogatives that exposed tensions, forged divisions, and ruptured the "pacified politics" of which the early modern English were so proud. Burgess's new perspective sets the political thought of Hobbes, Locke, and others into contemporary context, revises the distorted view of pre-civil war England, and refocuses discussion on the real conflicts and human complexities of the period.
The Politics Of The Ancient Constitution
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Author : Glenn Burgess
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 1992-09-02
The Politics Of The Ancient Constitution written by Glenn Burgess and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-09-02 with History categories.
The Politics of the Ancient Constitution is a close examination of the political ideas of common lawyers in early Stuart England, and includes important surveys of the ideas of Sir Edward Coke and John Selden. It provides an original interpretation of the lawyers' theory of the ancient constitution and on this basis it provides a novel interpretation of the basic structure of political thought and ideology in pre-Civil War England. In this way the book is able to make a substantial contribution to debates over the ideological origins of the English Revolution.
The Difference Between An Absolute And Limited Monarchy
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Author : Sir John Fortescue
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1714
The Difference Between An Absolute And Limited Monarchy written by Sir John Fortescue and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1714 with Constitutional history categories.
Considerations On Representative Government
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Author : John Stuart Mill
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1882
Considerations On Representative Government written by John Stuart Mill and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1882 with Representative government and representation categories.
British Political Thought 1500 1660
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Author : Glenn Burgess
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2009-04-20
British Political Thought 1500 1660 written by Glenn Burgess and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04-20 with Political Science categories.
Focusing on the interaction of religion and politics, this is a comprehensive chronological survey of the political thought of post-Reformation Britain which examines the work of a wide range of thinkers.
An English Absolutism
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Author : John Miller
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
An English Absolutism written by John Miller and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with History categories.
New appreciations in history no. 30.
Considerations On Representative Government
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Author : John Stuart Mill
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2024-02-29
Considerations On Representative Government written by John Stuart Mill and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-02-29 with Fiction categories.
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
Absolutism In Seventeenth Century Europe
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Author : John Miller
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
Absolutism In Seventeenth Century Europe written by John Miller and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Despotism categories.
Annotation Most Seventeenth Century European Monarchs ruled territories which were culturally and institutionally diverse. Forced by the escalating scale of war to mobilise evermore men and money they tried to bring these territories under closer control, overriding regional and sectional liberties. This was justified by a theory stressing the monarchs absolute power and his duty to place the good of his state before particular interests. The essays of this volume analyse this process in states at very different stages of economic and political development and assess the great gulf that often existed between the monarchs power in theory and in practice.
Divine Right And Democracy
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Author : David Wootton
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Release Date : 1986
Divine Right And Democracy written by David Wootton and has been published by Penguin Classics this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with History categories.
"A Penguin original"--Cover. Includes bibliographies and index.
The New British History
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Author : Glenn Burgess
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Release Date : 2021-02-25
The New British History written by Glenn Burgess and has been published by Bloomsbury Academic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-25 with History categories.
Through a series of chronological essays surveying the important period of 1500 to 1707, The New British History explores new perspectives on the Atlantic Archipelago. Created and developed by Thomas Cromwell during the reign of Henry VIII and remaining until the Act of Union in 1707, the Atlantic Archipelago encompassed the interacting powers of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. This volume, supplemented by a detailed historiographical introduction by Glenn Burgess, contains a range of thematic essays exploring concepts of British national identity and whether a 'British' approach to the history can be extended to social and economic history.