English Democratic Ideas in the Seventeenth Century

Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-0-521-07901-3
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 328 Seiten, Format (B × H): 127 mm x 203 mm, Gewicht: 396 g

The essay out of which the present work has grown obtained the Thirlwall Prize in 1897. The design of this Essay is to serve both as an illustration of English history in the seventeenth century and as a contribution to the history of political ideas. English political thinking from the Reformation to the opening of the eighteenth century can be divided broadly into what may be called the Monarchical and the Democratic; for even among the more oligarchic systems of thought there is a democratic element. The former has been already adequately portrayed. An attempt is now for the first time made to relate the story of the latter.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gooch, G. P.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder England, UK, Irland: Regional & Stadtgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Origin of Modern Democratic Ideas; 2. The Growth of Democratic Ideas in England Before the Seventh Century; 3. The Growth of English Democracy During the First Forty Years of the Seventh Century; 4. The Birth of Republicanism; 5. The Political Opinions of the Army; 6. The Foundation of the Republic; 7. The Antagonists of the Oligarchy; 8. Monarchy without Kingship; 9. The New Religious Bodies; 10. The Years of Anarchy; 11. Democratic Ideas in the Latter part of the Seventeenth Century.