Subjects and Sovereigns: The Grand Controversy Over Legal Sovereignty in Stuart England

by Corinne Comstock Weston and Janelle Renfrow Greenberg

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Concerned in a general way with theories of legitimacy, this book describes a transformation in English political thought between the opening of the civil war in 1642 and the Bill of Rights in 1689. When it was complete, the political nation as a whole had accepted the modern idea of parliamentary or legal sovereignty. The authors argue that a conservative theory of order, which assigned the king a lofty and unrivalled position, gave way in these...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521892864

ISBN13:9780521892865

Release Date:December 2003

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:440 Pages

Weight:1.27 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 5.7" x 8.6"

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17th Century Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Philosophy Political History Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences

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