Classical Humanism And Republicanism In English Political Thought, 1570û1640

Early modern England was a monarchy and the Englishman was a subject rather than a citizen. Scholars have assumed that those traditions of political thought which emphasise the citizen's active role exercised no influence in England between the mid sixteenth century and the Civil War in the 1640s. Markku Peltonen challenges that view and argues that early modern Englishmen could characterize their life as one of participation rather than subjection and portray their community as having several distinctively republican features.Peltonen, Markku is the author of 'Classical Humanism And Republicanism In English Political Thought, 1570û1640', published 0000 under ISBN 9780521617161 and ISBN 0521617162.