Commonwealth Principles
Republican Writing of the English Revolution
1st Edition
Published on 30. January 2007
978-0-511-26181-7 (ISBN)
Description
The republican writing of the English revolution has attracted a major scholarly literature. Yet there has been no single treatment of the subject as a whole, nor has it been adequately related to the larger upheaval from which it emerged, or to the larger body of radical thought of which it became the most influential component. Commonwealth Principles addresses these needs, and Jonathan Scott goes beyond existing accounts organized around a single key concept (whether constitutional, linguistic or moral) or author (usually James Harrington) to analyse this body of writing in full context. Linking various social, political and intellectual agendas Professor Scott explains why, when classical republicanism came to England, it did so in the moral service of an explicitly religious revolution. The resulting ideology hinged not upon political language, or constitutional form, but Christian humanist moral philosophy applied in the practical context of an attempted radical reformation of manners.
Reviews / Votes
'Commonwealth Principles demonstrates the range, vigour and intrigue of intellectual English Republicanism.' The Times Literary Supplement 'Commonwealth Principles presents a coherent and confident overview.' The Times Literary Supplement '... deserves to command the attention of a wide readership of early modern historians, and will asuredly stimulate further research into the ideological composition of seventeenth-century republicanism.' Journal of Ecclesiastical HistoryMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Cambridge University Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
File size
3,20 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-511-26181-7 (9780511261817)
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Person
Jonathan Scott is Carroll Amundson Professor of British History at the University of Pittsburgh. A New Zealander by birth, he taught for many years at the University of Cambridge, before moving to the USA in 2002.
Content
Preface; Introduction: English republicanism; Part I. Contexts: 1. Classical republicanism; 2. The cause of God; 3. Discourses of a commonwealth; 4. Old worlds and new; Part II. Analysis: 5. The political theory of rebellion; 6. Constitutions; 7. Liberty; 8. Virtue; 9. The politics of time; 10. Empire; Part III. Chronology: 11. Republicans and Levellers, 1603-49; 12. The English republic, 1649-53; 13. Healing and settling, 1653-8; 14. The good old cause, 1658-60; 15. Anatomies of tyranny, 1660-83; 16. Republicans and Whigs, 1680-1725; Appendix: 'a pretty story of horses' (May 1654); Bibliography; Index.
