Classical humanism and republicanism in English political thought, 1570-1640

Markku Peltonen

Markku Peltonen examines humanist and republican themes in English political thinking between the mid-sixteenth century and the Civil War. He challenges the dominant view that humanism fizzled out in the middle of the sixteenth century only to re-emerge during the 1650s in the writings of such classical republicans as James Harrington and John Milton. The English continued to use central notions of the humanist tradition such as the virtuous civic life and vera nobilitas to portray themselves as citizens, characterizing their life as one of participation rather than subjection. They often resorted to openly republican themes - notably that governors be elected rather than hereditary - and the classical idea of the mixed constitution was profoundly influential. Dr Peltonen casts an important new perspective on these humanist and republican themes, and locates their uses in specific historical circumstances.

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[目次]

  • Introduction: classical humanism and republicanism in England before the Civil War
  • 1. Classical humanism restated
  • 2. Classical republicanism in the margins of Elizabethan politics
  • 3. Civic life and the mixed constitution in Jacobean political thought
  • 4. Francis Bacon, Thomas Hedley and the true greatness of Britain
  • 5. Thomas Scott: virtue, liberty and the 'mixed Gouernement'
  • 6. The continuity of the humanist tradition in early Caroline England
  • Epilogue
  • Bibliography.

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書名 Classical humanism and republicanism in English political thought, 1570-1640
著作者等 Peltonen, Markku
Daston, Lorraine
Ross, Dorothy
Tully, James
Skinner, Quentin
シリーズ名 Ideas in context
出版元 Cambridge University Press
刊行年月 2004, c1995
ページ数 xii, 356 p.
大きさ 23 cm
ISBN 0521617162
NCID BA7210545X
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言語 英語
出版国 イギリス
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