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Book Algernon Sidney and the Republican Heritage in England and America

Download or read book Algernon Sidney and the Republican Heritage in England and America written by Alan Craig Houston and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alan Houston introduces a new level of rigor into contemporary debates over republicanism by providing the first complete account of the range, structure, and influence of the political writings of Algernon Sidney (1623-1683). Though not well known today, Sidney's Discourses Concerning Government influenced radicals in England and America throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. To many, it was a "textbook of revolution." Houston begins with a masterful intellectual biography tracing the development of Sidney's ideas in the political and intellectual context of Stuart England, and he concludes with a detailed study of the impact of Sidney's writings and heroic martyrdom on revolutionary America. Documenting the interdependence of what have previously been regarded as distinctly "liberal" and "republican" theories, the author provides a new perspective on Anglo-American political thought. Many scholars have assumed that the republican language of virtue is distinct from and in tension with the liberal logic of rights and interests. By focusing on the contemporary meaning of concepts like freedom and slavery or virtue and corruption, Houston demonstrates that Sidney's republicanism and Locke's liberalism were not rivals but frequently complemented each other. Originally published in 1991. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Book Letters     to the Honourable H  Savile  Ambassador in France in the year 1679   c  Now first printed from the originals in Mr Sydney s own hand

Download or read book Letters to the Honourable H Savile Ambassador in France in the year 1679 c Now first printed from the originals in Mr Sydney s own hand written by Algernon SIDNEY and published by . This book was released on 1742 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Original Letters of Locke  Algernon Sidney  and Anthony Lord Shaftesbury  author of the    Characteristics     With an analytical sketch of the writings and opinions of Locke and other metaphysicians by T  Forster the editor of the whole

Download or read book Original Letters of Locke Algernon Sidney and Anthony Lord Shaftesbury author of the Characteristics With an analytical sketch of the writings and opinions of Locke and other metaphysicians by T Forster the editor of the whole written by Thomas FORSTER (F.L.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Letters of Algernon Sydney  in Defence of Civil Liberty and Against the Encroachments of Military Despotism

Download or read book The Letters of Algernon Sydney in Defence of Civil Liberty and Against the Encroachments of Military Despotism written by Benjamin Watkins Leigh and published by . This book was released on 1830 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Last Royal Rebel

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  • Author : Anna Keay
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Release : 2016-05-19
  • ISBN : 140884608X
  • Pages : 481 pages

Download or read book The Last Royal Rebel written by Anna Keay and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-05-19 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A superb biography, which paints a vivid picture of the times and of her subject' Daily Telegraph 'Fascinating, compelling, outrageous and ultimately tragic' Simon Sebag Montefiore 'It is the best royal biography I have read in years' A.N. Wilson From the Duff Cooper Prize-winning author of The Restless Republic, a remarkable biography of one of the most intriguing figures of the Restoration era. James, Duke of Monmouth, the favoured illegitimate son of Charles II, was born in exile the year his grandfather Charles I was executed and the English monarchy abolished. Abducted from his mother on his father's orders, he emerged from a childhood in the backstreets of Rotterdam to command the ballrooms of Paris, the brothels of Covent Garden and the battlefields of Flanders. Such was his appeal that when the monarchy itself came under threat, the cry was for Monmouth to succeed Charles II as king. He inspired both delight and disgust, adulation and abhorrence and, in time, love and loyalty. Louis XIV was his mentor, Nell Gwyn his protector, D'Artagnan his lieutenant, William of Orange his confidant, John Dryden his censor and John Locke his comrade. In The Last Royal Rebel, Anna Keay matches rigorous scholarship with a storyteller's gift to enrapturing effect. She paints a vivid portrait of the warm, courageous and handsome Duke of Monmouth, a man who by his own admission 'lived a very dissolute and irregular life', but who was ultimately prepared to risk everything for honour and justice. His story, culminating in his fateful invasion, provides a sweeping chronicle of the turbulent decades in which England as we know it was forged.

Book Specimens of English Prose Writers

Download or read book Specimens of English Prose Writers written by George Burnett and published by . This book was released on 1807 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Specimens of English prose writers  from the earliest times to the close of the 17th century  with sketches biogr  and literary   c  By G  Burnett

Download or read book Specimens of English prose writers from the earliest times to the close of the 17th century with sketches biogr and literary c By G Burnett written by George Burnett and published by . This book was released on 1807 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Culture of Epistolarity

Download or read book The Culture of Epistolarity written by Gary Schneider and published by University of Delaware Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an extensive investigation of letters and letter writing across two centuries, focusing on the sociocultural function and meaning of epistolary writing - letters that were circulated, were intended to circulate, or were perceived to circulate within the culture of epistolarity in early modern England. The study examines how the letter functioned in a variety of social contexts, yet also assesses what the letter meant as idea to early modern letter writers, investigating letters in both manuscript and print contexts. It begins with an overview of the culture of epistolarity, examines the material components of letter exchange, investigates how emotion was persuasively textualized in the letter, considers the transmission of news and intelligence, and examines the publication of letters as propaganda and as collections of moral-didactic, personal, and state letters. Gary Schneider is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at the University of Texas-Pan American.

Book Anthony Ashley Cooper  First Earl of Shaftesbury 1621   1683

Download or read book Anthony Ashley Cooper First Earl of Shaftesbury 1621 1683 written by John Spurr and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthony Ashley Cooper, First Earl of Shaftesbury, was a giant on the English political scene of the later seventeenth century. Despite taking up arms against the king in the Civil War, and his active participation in the republican governments of the 1650s, Shaftesbury managed to retain a leading role in public affairs following the Restoration of Charles II, being raised to the peerage and holding several major offices. Following his dismissal from government in 1673 he then became de facto leader of the opposition faction and champion of the Protestant cause, before finally fleeing the country in 1681 following charges of high treason. In order to understand fully such a complex and controversial figure, this volume draws upon the specialised knowledge of nine leading scholars to investigate Shaftesbury's life and reputation. As well as re-evaluating the well-known episodes in which he was involved - his early republican sympathies, the Cabal, the Popish Plot and the politics of party faction - other less familiar themes are also explored. These include his involvement with the expansion of England's overseas colonies, his relationship with John Locke, his connections with Scotland and Ireland and his high profile public reputation. Each chapter has been especially commissioned to give an insight into a different facet of his career, whilst simultaneously adding to an overall evaluation of the man, his actions and beliefs. As such, this book presents a unique and coherent picture of Shaftesbury that draws upon the very latest interdisciplinary research, and will no doubt stimulate further work on the most intriguing politician of his generation.

Book A Political Biography of John Toland

Download or read book A Political Biography of John Toland written by Michael Brown and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-09-30 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Toland was notorious. A pamphleteer, a polemicist and a prankster of the first order, modern scholarship has struggled to position his writings within the debates of his day. This study is the first to fully recount his remarkable biography, situating his writings within the controversies that sparked and shaped them.

Book Catalogue of the Books in the Library of the Honourable Society of Gray s Inn

Download or read book Catalogue of the Books in the Library of the Honourable Society of Gray s Inn written by Gray's Inn. Library and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives

Download or read book A Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives written by Gary M. Bell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Number 16 in the Royal Society Guides and Handbooks series.

Book Algernon Sidney s Letter to T  Wyse     concerning Art Unions  electrotype  Prince Albert s patronage  the rights and wrongs of artists   c  with hints for the redress of the latter  and a note to Mrs  Parkes  on her letter respecting the Art Union  etc

Download or read book Algernon Sidney s Letter to T Wyse concerning Art Unions electrotype Prince Albert s patronage the rights and wrongs of artists c with hints for the redress of the latter and a note to Mrs Parkes on her letter respecting the Art Union etc written by Algernon SIDNEY (pseud. [i.e. John Landseer.]) and published by . This book was released on 1843 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The National Union Catalog  Pre 1956 Imprints

Download or read book The National Union Catalog Pre 1956 Imprints written by and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book England Under the Restoration  1660 1688

Download or read book England Under the Restoration 1660 1688 written by Thora Guinevere Stone and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: