| Algernon Sidney and the Restoration Crisis, 1677 1683 Revised Edition Contributor(s): Scott, Jonathan (Author), Fletcher, Anthony (Editor), Guy, John (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521893380 ISBN-13: 9780521893381 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $53.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2002 Annotation: This book completes the study of the life and political thought of Algernon Sidney (1623-1683), which began with Algernon Sidney and the English Republic, 1623-1677 (1988). In the process it offers a reinterpretation of the major political crisis of Charles II's reign, and of its European and seventeenth-century contexts. Like its predecessor, the book spans the disciplines of intellectual and political history. Its twin focus is the last six years of Sidney's life, which culminated in the famous public drama of his trial and execution for treason in 1683, and in his major political work, the Discourses Concerning Government, which was used as evidence against him at the trial. This intertwining of events and ideas calls for an examination of the relationship between the practical and intellectual aspects of the crisis of 1678-1683 in general. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - History | Modern - 17th Century |
| Dewey: 941.066 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History |
| Physical Information: 1.07" H x 6.18" W x 9.12" (1.47 lbs) 408 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Western Europe |