John Selden : : Measures of the Holy Commonwealth in Seventeenth-Century England /

John Selden : : Measures of the Holy Commonwealth in Seventeenth-Century England / / Reid Barbour.

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John Selden: Measures of the Holy Commonwealth in Seventeenth-Century England is the first text in over a century to examine the whole of Selden's works and thought. Reid Barbour brings a new perspective to Selden studies by stressing Selden's strong commitment to a 'religious society...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter UTP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2015
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Barbour, Reid,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©2003
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: John Selden and the Measures of a Holy Commonwealth
  • 1. A Scholar's Life: Duty, Scepticism, and Invention
  • 2. Ancient Bards and Inmost Historians
  • 3. Legal Sages and Parliamentary Religion
  • 4. Natural Law and Common Notions
  • 5. The Canons of the Church
  • 6. The Hope of Israel
  • Conclusion: 'Ghostly Authority against the Civill'
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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