Nedham, M: Excellencie of a Free State: Or, the Right Constitution of a Commonwealth (The Thomas Hollis Library) - Hardcover

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<p>This edition brings back into print, after two and a half centuries, the pioneering work of English republicanism, Marchamont Nedham’s <strong><em>The Excellencie of a Free-State</em></strong>, which was written in the wake of the execution of King Charles I.</p> <p>First published in 1656, and compiled from previously written editorials in the parliamentarian newsbook <em>Mercurius Politicus</em>, <em>The Excellencie of a Free-State</em> addressed a dilemma in English politics, namely, what kind of government should the Commonwealth adopt?</p> <p><strong>David Womersley</strong> is Thomas Warton Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford. His most recent book is <em>Divinity and State</em>.</p> <p><strong>Marchamont Nedham</strong> (1620–1678) was a polemicist, pamphleteer, and editor of <em>Mercurius Politicus</em>.</p> <p><strong>Blair Worden</strong> is Emeritus Fellow of St. Edmund Hall, Oxford.</p>

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