This book completes the study of the life and political thought of Algernon Sidney (1623-1683), which began with Algernon Sidney and the English Republic, 1623-1677 (1988). In the process it offers a reinterpretation of the major political crisis of Charles II's reign, and of its European and seventeenth-century contexts. Like its predecessor, the book spans the disciplines of intellectual and political history. Its twin focus is the last six years of Sidney's life, which culminated in the famous public drama of his trial and execution for treason in 1683, and in his major political work, the Discourses Concerning Government, which was used as evidence against him at the trial. This intertwining of events and ideas calls for an examination of the relationship between the practical and intellectual aspects of the crisis of 1678-1683 in general.
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"...a stunning achievement. Scott delivers an almost tangible Sidney, and he creates a dramatic sense of immediacy about the personal and political crises of Sidney's turbulent life. Scott's Sidney is more of a philosopher, but no less a man of action--even violent action....Scott's work--poignant and epigrammatic--promises to become authoritative." American Historical Review
"...the virtues of Scott's study must be insisted upon. He has, more than anyone else, restored a major figure to our attention, sympathetically recounting his life, closely analyzing his work, and placing him in broad context." History
"This is intellectual biography of a high order; the result is a good read for both specialist and generalist." Thomas Rumsey, Religious Studies Review
"...a masterful study, written with pace, verve, and immense wit. The reader's interest is sustained throughout, despite the complex nature of the argument in places, and Sidney comes alive for us from the pages of this book--warts and all--which I found literally impossible to put down." Tim Harris, Journal of Modern History
"This excellent book takes us back to the foundation of historical research, the primary sources upon which Scott based his conclusions." Marcella Biro Barton, Church History
"...the virtues of Scott's study must be insisted upon. He has, more than anyone else, restored a major figure to our attention, sympathetically recounting his life, closely analyzing his work, and placing him in broad context." History
"This is intellectual biography of a high order; the result is a good read for both specialist and generalist." Thomas Rumsey, Religious Studies Review
"...a masterful study, written with pace, verve, and immense wit. The reader's interest is sustained throughout, despite the complex nature of the argument in places, and Sidney comes alive for us from the pages of this book--warts and all--which I found literally impossible to put down." Tim Harris, Journal of Modern History
"This excellent book takes us back to the foundation of historical research, the primary sources upon which Scott based his conclusions." Marcella Biro Barton, Church History
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This is the second and final part of an intellectual biography of the English republican, Algernon Sidney, which was begun in 1988 with Algernon Sidney and the English Republic 1623-1677. It is also a detailed examination and reinterpretation of the major political crisis of Charles II's reign.
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The Restoration crisis, from 1678 to 1683, was the second of seventeenth-century England's three crises of popery and arbitrary government. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Algernon Sidney, English Republic, Court Maxims, Two Treatises, Sir William Jones, History of England, House of Lords, Sidney's Discourses, Henry Sidney, French King, Slingsby Bethel, United Provinces, Vox Populi, John Hampden, John Locke, Morrice's Entering, Aaron Smith, Revolutionary Politics, Somers Tracts, Algernon Sydney, Filmer's Patriarcha, Henry Neville, Professor Jones, William Penn, Concerning Government New!
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The Restoration crisis, from 1678 to 1683, was the second of seventeenth-century England's three crises of popery and arbitrary government. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Algernon Sidney, English Republic, Court Maxims, Two Treatises, Sir William Jones, History of England, House of Lords, Sidney's Discourses, Henry Sidney, French King, Slingsby Bethel, United Provinces, Vox Populi, John Hampden, John Locke, Morrice's Entering, Aaron Smith, Revolutionary Politics, Somers Tracts, Algernon Sydney, Filmer's Patriarcha, Henry Neville, Professor Jones, William Penn, Concerning Government New!
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- Discourses Concerning Government (Liberty Fund Studies in Political Theory) by Algernon Sidney on 8 pages
- Two Treatises of Government by John Locke on 7 pages
- Life and Letters of Sir George Savile by H. C. Foxcroft on 5 pages
- Growth of Political Stability In England 1675-1725 by J H Plumb on page 12, page 134, and Back Matter
- The French Religious Wars in English Political Thought by John Hearsey McMillan Salmon on page 203, page 246, and Back Matter
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- Early Modern Liberalism (Ideas in Context) by Annabel Patterson on page 99, and page 129
- The Margins of Orthodoxy: Heterodox Writing and Cultural Response, 1660-1750 by Roger D. Lund on page 210, and Back Matter
- Constitutional Royalism and the Search for Settlement, c.1640-1649 (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History) by David L. Smith on page 306, and Back Matter
- England in the 1690s: Revolution, Religion and War (History of Early Modern England) by Craig Rose in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- A History of the Modern British Isles, 1603-1707: The Double Crown by David Lee Smith on page 357, and Back Matter
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