State and Commonwealth The Theory of the State in Early Modern England, 1549-1640
State and Commonwealth: The Theory of the State in Early Modern England, 1549-1640

In the history of political thought, the emergence of the modern state in early modern England has usually been treated as the development of an increasingly centralizing and expansive national sovereignty. Recent work in political and social history, however, has shown that the state-at court, in t...

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1. Verfasser: Dauber, Noah (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Princeton, NJ Princeton University Press [2016]
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory
Political science > Great Britain > History > 16th century
Political science > Great Britain > History > 17th century
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Zusammenfassung:In the history of political thought, the emergence of the modern state in early modern England has usually been treated as the development of an increasingly centralizing and expansive national sovereignty. Recent work in political and social history, however, has shown that the state-at court, in the provinces, and in the parishes-depended on the authority of local magnates and the participation of what has been referred to as "the middling sort." This poses challenges to scholars seeking to describe how the state was understood by contemporaries of the period in light of the great classical and religious textual traditions of political thought.State and Commonwealth presents a new theory of state and society by expanding on the usual treatment of "commonwealth" in pre-Civil War English history. Drawing on works of theology, moral philosophy, and political theory-including Martin Bucer's De Regno Christi, Thomas Smith's De Republica Anglorum, John Case's Sphaera Civitatis, Francis Bacon's essays, and Thomas Hobbes's early works-Noah Dauber argues that the commonwealth ideal was less traditional than often thought. He shows how it incorporated new ideas about self-interest and new models of social order and stratification, and how the associated ideal of distributive justice pertained as much to the honors and offices of the state as to material wealth.Broad-ranging in scope, State and Commonwealth provides a more complete picture of the relationship between political and social theory in early modern England
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Beschreibung:1 online resource (280 pages)
ISBN:9781400881017
DOI:10.1515/9781400881017

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