Verwandte Artikel zu Absolute Monarchy and the Stuart Constitution
Zu dieser ISBN ist aktuell kein Angebot verfügbar.
Alle Exemplare der Ausgabe mit dieser ISBN anzeigen:
Book by Burgess Dr Glenn
Die Inhaltsangabe kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.
Reseña del editor:
In this ambitious reinterpretation of the early Stuart period in England, Glenn Burgess contends that the common understanding of seventeenth-century English politics is oversimplified and inaccurate. The long-accepted standard view holds that gradual polarization between the Court and Parliament during the reigns of James I and Charles I reflected the split between absolutists--who upheld the divine right of monarchy to rule--and constitutionalists--who resisted tyranny by insisting the monarch was subject to law--and resulted inevitably in civil war. Yet, Burgess argues, the very terms that have been used to understand the period are misleading: there were almost no genuine absolutist thinkers in England before the Civil War, and the "constitutionalism" of common lawyers and parliamentarians was a very different notion from current understandings of that term. Burgess turns to the great body of common law that enshrined many of England's liberties and institutions. Examining the political opinions of such key figures as Sir Edward Coke and Sir Francis Bacon, he concludes that the laws of the land represented a civilization no monarchist would have attacked. Further, absolutism was a rare creed at the time and, while it was accepted that the king was next to God in authority, this detracted nothing from the insistence that he rule under the law. Rather than a polarization of ideas fueling political division, says Burgess, it was Charles I's inappropriate exploitation of agreed prerogatives that exposed tensions, forged divisions, and ruptured the "pacified politics" of which the early modern English were so proud. Burgess's new perspective sets the political thought of Hobbes, Locke, and others into contemporary context, revises the distorted view of pre-civil war England, and refocuses discussion on the real conflicts and human complexities of the period.
Biografía del autor:
Glenn Burgess is lecturer in history at the University of Hull and a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
„Über diesen Titel“ kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.
- VerlagYale University Press
- Erscheinungsdatum1996
- ISBN 10 0300065329
- ISBN 13 9780300065329
- EinbandTapa dura
- Anzahl der Seiten240
Beste Suchergebnisse beim ZVAB
Foto des Verkäufers
Absolute Monarchy and the Stuart Constitution.
Verlag:
New Haven ; London : Yale University Press
(1996)
ISBN 10: 0300065329
ISBN 13: 9780300065329
Gebraucht
Hardcover
Anzahl: 1
Anbieter:
Bewertung
Buchbeschreibung Zustand: Wie neu. IX, 229 p. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Overall very good and clean. - In this ambitious reinterpretation of the early Stuart period in England, Glenn Burgess contends that the common understanding of seventeeth-century English politics is oversimplified and inaccurate. The long-accepted standard view is that the gradual polarization of Court and Parliament during the reigns of James I and Charles I reflected the split between absolutists (who upheld the divine right of the monarchy to rule) and constitutionalists (who resisted tyranny by insisting the monarch was subject to law) and resulted inevitably in civil war. Yet, Burgess argues, the very terms that have been used to understand the period are misleading: there were almost no genuine absolutist thinkers in England before the Civil War, and the constitutionalism of common lawyers and parliamentarians was a very different notion from current understanding of that term. Burgess turns to the great body of common law that enshrined many of England s liberties and institutions. Examining the political opinions of key figures such as Sir Edward Coke and Sir Francis Bacon, he concludes that the laws of the land represented a civilization no monarchist would have attacked. Further, absolutism was a rare creed at the time and, while it was accepted that the king was next to God in authority, this did not detract from the insistence that he rule under the law. Rather than a polarization of ideas fuelling political division, it was Charles I s inappropriate exploitation of agreed prerogatives that exposed tensions, forged divisions and ruptured the pacified politics of which the early modern English were so proud. Burgess s new perspective places the political thought of such leading figures as Hobbes and Locke into a fresh context, revises the distorted view of pre-Civil War England, and refocuses discussion on the real conflicts and human complexities of the period. - Glenn Burgess is lecturer in history at the University of Hull and author of The Politics of the Ancient Constitution (1992). ISBN 9780300065329 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 572 Original cloth with dust jacket. Artikel-Nr. 1173623
Weitere Informationen zu diesem Verkäufer | Verkäufer kontaktieren
Gebraucht kaufen
EUR 30,00
Währung umrechnen