1st Edition
The English Face of Machiavelli (Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 32)
By Felix Raab
Copyright 2010
320 Pages
by
Routledge
320 Pages
by
Routledge
This is an important work of scholarship with regard to Machiavelli and the development of political thought in England. It charts the reactions of successive English thinkers to Machiavelli’s challenge, and the different aspects of Machiavelli’s thought which were perceived in the changing context of English history. There is the Machiavelli of Catholic and Protestant reformers, the Machiavelli... Read more
1. The Tudors and Political Thought 2. Machiavelli’s Reception in Tudor England 3. ‘Politick Religion’ (1603-1640) 4. Continuities (1640-1660) 5. Innovations (1640-1660) 6. Harrington, Hobbes, God and Machiavelli 7. Machiavelli and the Trimmers Conclusion. Appedix A: The Atheisticall Polititian. Appendix B: ‘Machiavel’s Letter’ and ‘The Works’ 1675, 1680, 1694 and 1695.
Biography
Felix Raab
