Royalists and Patriots: Politics and Ideology in England, 1603-1640

by Sommerville,J.P.

• ISBN13: 9780582320062
• ISBN10: 0582320062
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1999-05-06
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

A new edition of this well-known book which reasserts the central importance of political and religious ideology in the origins of the Engish Civil War, rather than focusing narrowly on the social and economic roots of the conflict. It provides a clear account of the main political theories in c17th England - The Divine Right of Kings; Government by Consent; and The Ancient Constitution - and goes on to consider the significance of these ideas.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition	vii
Acknowledgements	ix
Abbreviations and Bibliographical Note	xi
Introduction	1	(6)
Part One Principles	7	(98)
The Divine Right of Kings	9	(46)
The law of nature	13	(5)
The necessity of government	18	(6)
Designation theory	24	(5)
Patriarchalism	29	(8)
The nature and limitations of royal authority	37	(6)
The influence and development of the theory of royal absolutism	43	(7)
Conclusions	50	(5)
Government by Consent	55	(26)
The origins of government	60	(2)
The original contract	62	(3)
Conquest theory	65	(3)
The public good and resistance	68	(9)
The influence and significance of the theory	77	(4)
The Ancient Constitution	81	(24)
The common law as ancient custom	84	(4)
The common law as reason	88	(3)
The common law and statute	91	(5)
The common law and the royal prerogative	96	(4)
The common law and natural law	100	(5)
Part Two Applications	105	(110)
Conflict and Compromise	107	(27)
Absolutism: attack and counter-attack	109	(4)
The case of John Cowell	113	(6)
Maynwaring and Sibthorp	119	(5)
James I's speech of 21 March 1610	124	(2)
The marriage of prerogative and liberty	126	(4)
Making a difference between the king and the people	130	(4)
The Liberty of the Subject	134	(81)
Property	134	(6)
Absolute property	140	(9)
Absolutists on property	149	(4)
Imprisonment without cause shown, and the Petition of Right	153	(11)
Parliament	164	(12)
The Church	176	(6)
Papalist theory	182	(5)
Anti-papalist clericalism	187	(4)
The Royal Supremacy	191	(5)
Episcopacy by divine right	196	(3)
The church, the law and the laity	199	(6)
Laud and Arminianism	205	(10)
Conclusion	215	(9)
Revisionism Revisited: A Retrospect	224	(2)
Absolutism	226	(24)
Resistance	250	(4)
The languages of politics and the rules structuring consensus	254	(7)
Conclusion: revisionism, consensus and the causes of the English Civil War	261	(5)
Suggestions for Further Reading	266	(7)
Chronology	273	(6)
Index	279