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 ...
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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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Good in None Issued jacket. Text is unmarked; pages are bright. Binding is sturdy, though kind of wonky. This seems to be a manufacturing error, not "damage." Covers show some light wear around the edges. No dust jacket, as issued.
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Book. Octavo; Fair+/G; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, black with white print; DJ has mild edgewear, light shelfwear; Boards in black cloth, light wear to spine caps and corners, else clean and strong; Text block has light spotting to top edge, moisture stain and puckering to page fore edges, slight amount of ink marginal notation; xii, 356 pages. 1347971. FP New Rockville Stock.
