2nd Edition
Royalists and Patriots Politics and Ideology in England, 1603-1640
By J.P. Sommerville
Copyright 1999
318 Pages
by
Routledge
318 Pages
by
Routledge
318 Pages
by
Routledge
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This well-known book reasserts the central importance of political and religious ideology in the origins of the English Civil War. Recent historiography has concentrated on its social and economic causes: Sommerville reminds us what the people of the time thought they were fighting about. Examining the main political theories in c.17th England - the Divine Right of Kings, government by consent,... Read more
Acknowledgements Introduction Part One: Principles 1. The Divine Right of Kings 2. Government by Consent 3. The Ancient Constitution Part Two: Applications 4. Conflict and Compromise 5. The Liberty of the Subject 6. The Church Postscript Postscript to the Second Edition Suggestions for Further Reading Index
Biography
J.P. Sommerville
