Algernon Sidney and the Restoration Crisis, 1677-1683

Algernon Sidney and the Restoration Crisis, 1677-1683 - Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History

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Publisher's Synopsis

This book completes the study of the life and political thought of Algernon Sidney (1623-1688), which began with Algernon Sidney and the English Republic, 1623-1677 (1988). In the process it offers a reinterpretation of the major political crisis of Charles II's reign, and of its European and seventeenth-century contexts. Like its predecessor, the book spans the disciplines of intellectual and political history. Its twin focus is the last six years of Sidney's life, which culminated in the famous public drama of his trial and execution for treason in 1683, and in his major political work, the Discourses Concerning Government, which was used as evidence against him at the trial. This intertwining of events and ideas calls for an examination of the relationship between the practical and intellectual aspects of the crisis of 1678-1683 in general.

Book information

ISBN: 9780521893381
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 941.066092
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 388
Weight: 620g
Height: 229mm
Width: 154mm
Spine width: 26mm