John Milton, Radical Politics, and Biblical RepublicanismUniversity of Delaware Press, 2006 - 305 pages In analyzing how Milton reads and appropriates different biblical texts to give shape to his republican vision, this book also assesses his significance to the development of early modern English political thought, his conception of the English nation, and finally, his response to pressures exerted by a secular modernity grounded on international commercial activities."--Jacket. |
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... Milton's meditations on the character of the new political order that is the English republic , so is engaging with Parliament as the institu- tional body displacing and replacing absolutist authority . Chapter 2 INTRODUCTION 23.
... Milton's meditations on the character of the new political order that is the English republic , so is engaging with Parliament as the institu- tional body displacing and replacing absolutist authority . Chapter 2 INTRODUCTION 23.
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Walter S. H. Lim. tional body displacing and replacing absolutist authority . Chapter 2 concludes by considering representations of parliamentary authority in the writings of Milton and his contemporaries . Chapter 3 finds opportunity to ...
Walter S. H. Lim. tional body displacing and replacing absolutist authority . Chapter 2 concludes by considering representations of parliamentary authority in the writings of Milton and his contemporaries . Chapter 3 finds opportunity to ...
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... body of royalty does not enjoy the privilege of God's mandate and his conferral of a special sanctity , then there is no logic and rationale preventing a people from getting rid of a king if he is evil and a tyrant . When writing in ...
... body of royalty does not enjoy the privilege of God's mandate and his conferral of a special sanctity , then there is no logic and rationale preventing a people from getting rid of a king if he is evil and a tyrant . When writing in ...
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... it is natural to excise an incurable member , which , if left to fester , invariably destroys the whole body ( 108 ) . In A Shorte Treatise Ponet defines conscience in relation to 1 / RADICAL THEOLOGY / RADICAL POLITICS 35.
... it is natural to excise an incurable member , which , if left to fester , invariably destroys the whole body ( 108 ) . In A Shorte Treatise Ponet defines conscience in relation to 1 / RADICAL THEOLOGY / RADICAL POLITICS 35.
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... body politic to seek one another's prosperity and wealth ( 11 ) . Indeed , the secularity of Ponet's political discourse has been wryly noted by Michael Walzer : " Home , ease , pleasure , and quietness : these were hardly the paramount ...
... body politic to seek one another's prosperity and wealth ( 11 ) . Indeed , the secularity of Ponet's political discourse has been wryly noted by Michael Walzer : " Home , ease , pleasure , and quietness : these were hardly the paramount ...
Table des matières
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Authority in the Ideal Republic | 71 |
Nationhood | 126 |
Of Prophets and Politics | 170 |
Internationalism | 211 |
Notes | 255 |
Works Cited | 285 |
299 | |
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