The essays in this volume are all inspired by the historical scholarship of J.C. Davis. During a prolific career, Davis has transformed our understanding of early modern utopian literature and its contexts, and compelled students of seventeenth-century English to re-evaluate the…
"This book addresses three interlocking ideas which have been brought to the forefront of early modern and modern intellectual and cultural history by the work of J.C. Davis. Essays by a group of distinguished historians explore the interaction of liberty, authority and formalit…