Like Parchment in the Fire: Literature and Radicalism in the English Civil WarThis book examines the literary, religious, and political aspects of the radical movements and various sects of the English Civil War. Featuring a chapter on John Milton, this book also addresses the legal problems that engaged the early modern radical reformers, the issue of radical religion as a negotiating tool and the limits of radical liberal thought. |
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... law and political organization as the will of the legislator are kept at bay by the indi- viduals who are free to ... common conditions and characteristics . The radical movements in the period at issue, 1640–1660, although emerging 4 ...
... law and political organization as the will of the legislator are kept at bay by the indi- viduals who are free to ... common conditions and characteristics . The radical movements in the period at issue, 1640–1660, although emerging 4 ...
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... Law reformers—have three structural characteristics in common: (1) democratic republicanism, (2) religious mate- rialism and (3) a principle of equality. The members of the extreme radical sect of the Ranters, I argue in the fourth ...
... Law reformers—have three structural characteristics in common: (1) democratic republicanism, (2) religious mate- rialism and (3) a principle of equality. The members of the extreme radical sect of the Ranters, I argue in the fourth ...
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... law” thinkers like Hugo Grotius or Samuel Pufendorf. Warr is thus one of the first modern formulators of “natural ... common-law tradition sanctioned by the likes of Edward Coke. In his republican tracts, John Milton too emphasizes such ...
... law” thinkers like Hugo Grotius or Samuel Pufendorf. Warr is thus one of the first modern formulators of “natural ... common-law tradition sanctioned by the likes of Edward Coke. In his republican tracts, John Milton too emphasizes such ...
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... law,” without being coerced by a common or a codi- fied legal framework. Not only that, autonomy in Warr has a greater liberal imprint of carrying the members of the community towards human perfec- tion. In Warr, “natural law” acts as a ...
... law,” without being coerced by a common or a codi- fied legal framework. Not only that, autonomy in Warr has a greater liberal imprint of carrying the members of the community towards human perfec- tion. In Warr, “natural law” acts as a ...
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... common good. I propose that during the Civil War years of 1640–1660, the sectarians and the plebian republicans are ... law, top-down political order, clandestine and ritualistic aspects of organized religion, all highlight a conceptual ...
... common good. I propose that during the Civil War years of 1640–1660, the sectarians and the plebian republicans are ... law, top-down political order, clandestine and ritualistic aspects of organized religion, all highlight a conceptual ...
Contents
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John Warr the Levellers and John Locke | 57 |
Digger Radicalism Revisited | 107 |
The Delayed Radicalism of the Ranters | 155 |
Notes | 185 |
Bibliography | 203 |
Index | 209 |
Back cover | 213 |
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Like Parchment in the Fire: Literature and Radicalism in the English Civil War Prasanta Chakravarty No preview available - 2015 |
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