Liberty, Authority, Formality : Political Ideas and Culture, 1600-1900

by Morrow, John; Scott, Jonathan

• ISBN13: 9781845401429
• ISBN10: 1845401425
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-08-01
• Publisher: Ingram Pub Services

Summary

"This book addresses three interlocking ideas which have been brought to the forefront of early modern and modern intellectual and cultural history by the work of J.C. Davis. Essays by a group of distinguished historians explore the interaction of liberty, authority and formality across three centuries of conflict and transformation in Europe and the new world. They provide fresh insights into a series of key historical topics, bringing a distinctive and illuminating perspective to the entire field."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

An Appreciation of Colin Davis
Introduction	p. 1
Liberty
Royalism and Liberty of Conscience in the English Revolution	p. 9
Authority and Liberty: Hobbes and the Sects	p. 29
Toleration and the Godly Prince in Restoration England	p. 45
England's Houdini: Charles II's escape from Worcester as a metaphor for his reign (1660-1685)	p. 67
Authority
How Oliver Cromwell Thought	p. 89
Roger L'Estrange, Printed Petitions and the Problem of Intentionality	p. 113
Republicanism as Anti-patriarchal ism in Henry Neville's The Isle of Pines (1668)	p. 131
Formality and Revolution: Carlyle on Modernity	p. 153
Formality
Mobilisation, Anxiety and Creativity in England during the 1640s	p. 175
The Uses of the Monarchy: A Spanish Incident' in the Mid- Nineteenth Century	p. 195
Settler Utopianism? English Ideologies of Emigration, 1815-1880	p. 213
A Colonial Way with Welfare?	p. 235
Why Homo Sapiens had to be Saved by Culture	p. 253
A Bibliography of the Publications off. J.C. Davis	p. 269
Index	p. 277
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