Regicide and republicanism : politics and ethics in the English revolution, 1646-1659 / Sarah Barber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barber, Sarah, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political ethics--Great Britain--History--17th century.

Political ethics.

Republicanism--Great Britain--History--17th century.

Republicanism.

Ethics, Modern--17th century.

Ethics, Modern.

Regicide--Great Britain.

Regicide.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1642-1660.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--History--Puritan Revolution, 1642-1660.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 246 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study of seventeenth-century monarchy suggests that the arguments which were used to attack the potentially absolutist monarchy of Charles I were not all that different from those used against the constitutional monarchy of today.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

List of Abbreviations

Introduction: Regicide and Republicanism

1 Unparliamentary Language and the Dignity of the Crown

2 'A Mere Man': Charles Levelled

3 The Expense of Blood and Treasure

4 King Ahab

5 Queen Justice

6 Government New Modelled?

7 The Engagement of Loyalty

8 The Active and the Passive Life

Epilogue: The Good Old Cause

Select Bibliography of Printed Sources

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 13 Oct 2020).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-242) and index.

ISBN:

9781474400732

1474400736

9780585086644

0585086648