"In Politicians and Pamphleteers, Dr. Peacey highlights the different dynamics at work in the conception, publication and distribution of polemical works, pulling together diverse strands to be studied within the wider political context. In so doing be explores the relationship …
What caused the English civil war? What brought Charles I to the scaffold? Answer to both questions: the Bible. To sustain this provocative thesis, Christopher Hill's new book maps English intellectual history from the Reformation to 1660, showing how scripture dominated every d…
This is a revised edition of Christopher Hill's classic and ground-breaking examination of the motivations behind the English Revolution and Civil War. In addition to the text of the original, first published in 1965, Dr Hill provides thirteen new chapters which take account of …
This is a revised edition of Christopher Hill's classic and ground-breaking examination of the motivations behind the English Revolution and Civil War. In addition to the text of the original, first published in 1965, Dr Hill provides thirteen new chapters which take account of …
Behemoth ; or, The long Parliament
by Hobbes, Thomas (, Holmes, Stephen, Tonnies, Ferdinand
Behemoth, or The Long Parliament is essential to any reader interested in the historical context of the thought of Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679). In De Cive (1642) and Leviathan (1651), the great political philosopher had developed an analytical framework for discussing sedition, re…
