Regicide and republicanism : politics and ethics in the English revolution, 1646-1659 /

This study of seventeenth-century monarchy suggests that the arguments which were used to attack the potentially absolutist monarchy of Charles I were not all that different from those used against the constitutional monarchy of today.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Barber, Sarah
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 1998.
Subjects:
1600-1699
Political ethics > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Republicanism > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Ethics, Modern > 17th century.
Regicides > Great Britain.
Morale politique > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Républicanisme > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Morale > 17e siècle.
Régicides > Grande-Bretagne.
HISTORY.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > History & Theory.
Ethics, Modern.
Political ethics.
Politics and government
Regicides.
Republicanism.
Koningschap.
Republikanisme.
Engelse Burgeroorlog.
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1642-1660.
Great Britain > History > Puritan Revolution, 1642-1660.
Grande-Bretagne > Politique et gouvernement > 1642-1660.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 1642-1660 (Révolution puritaine)
Great Britain.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • List of abbreviations
  • Introduction: Regicide and republicanism
  • 1. Unparliamentary language and the dignitity of the crown
  • 2. 'A mere man': Charles Levelled
  • 3. The expense of blood and treasure
  • 4. King Ahab
  • 5. Queen Justice
  • 6. Government new modelled?
  • 7. The engagement of loyalty
  • 8. The active and the passive life
  • Epilogue: The good old cause
  • Select bibliography of printed sources
  • Index.

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