Commonwealth Principles: Republican Writing of the English Revolution

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Half-title Title Copyright Dedication Contents Preface Introduction: English republicanism Historiography Long-term contexts: intellectual and practical Intellectual content: ends and means Ideas and events: the impact of the republican experiment in practice Part I Contexts Chapter 1 Classical republicanism 'Classical republicanism' Commonwealth principles Conclusion Chapter 2 The cause of God Introduction Christian humanism Anti-popery, anti-clericalism, liberty of conscience Reformation of manners Theology Enlightenment Chapter 3 Discourses of a commonwealth The english commonwealth The military-fiscal state The social state Discourses of a commonwealth Chapter 4 Old worlds and new Introduction: the question of modernity The context of time Political economy The context of space Part II Analysis Chapter 5 The political theory of rebellion Introduction: the law of war Milton and nedham Streater and sexby Harrington and neville Restoration, 1660–1680 Sidney's discourses Chapter 6 Constitutions Introduction: the empire of laws and not of men Popular unicameralism, 1623–1654 The mixed constitution, 1653–1658 The mariners and the ship, 1659–1660 Restoration Chapter 7 Liberty Introduction Milton Nedham Streater and vane Harrington Sidney Chapter 8 Virtue Milton and plato Nedham and machiavelli Streater and aristotle Harrington 'Cleave, saw and cut:' sidney, vane and the rhetoric of puritan magistracy Chapter 9 The politics of time The politics of the ancient constitution The politics of change Chapter 10 Empire Introduction Milton and the empire of the self Nedham, streater, harrington Sidney and neville Part III Chronology Chapter 11 Republicans and Levellers, 1603–1649 1603–1641: commonwealth principles and practice 'Two and fifty degrees of northern latitude' Tribune of the plebs The political theory of the english revolution Chapter 12 The English republic, 1649–1653 'A new order in the state'? The struggle for survival, 1649–1651 A republic for expansion, 1651–1653 Dissolution Chapter 13 Healing and settling, 1653–1658 Republican compliment Republican criticism Harrington's 'model' for healing and settling Chapter 14 The good old cause, 1658–1660 The republican moment, 1659–1660 The fall of the protectorate, september 1658–april 1659 Restoration of the rump, may–september 1659 'Anarchy', october 1659–april 1660 Chapter 15 Anatomies of tyranny, 1660–1683 Introduction Analyses of failure Anatomies of tyranny Chapter 16 Republicans and Whigs, 1680–1725 The question of parliaments, 1681–1683 A monarchical republic? Conclusion: the anglo-dutch achievement Appendix: 'a pretty story of horses' (May 1654) Bibliography 1. MANUSCRIPTS 2. PRINTED PRIMARY SOURCES 3. SECONDARY SOURCES Index