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- catalog abstract "In this ambitious reinterpretation of the early Stuart period in England, Glenn Burgess contends that the common understanding of seventeenth-century English politics is oversimplified and inaccurate. The long-accepted standard view is that the gradual polarization of Court and Parliament during the reigns of James I and Charles I reflected the split between absolutists (who upheld the divine right of the monarchy to rule) and constitutionalists (who resisted tyranny by insisting the monarch was subject to law) and resulted inevitably in civil war. Yet, Burgess argues, the very terms that have been used to understand the period are misleading: there were almost no genuine absolutist thinkers in England before the Civil War, and the 'constitutionalism' of common lawyers and parliamentarians was a very different notion from current understanding of that term.".
- catalog contributor b9050387.
- catalog created "1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
- catalog description "1. Introduction -- pt. 1. 'Absolutism'. 2. 'Absolutism' and Monarchy in Early Stuart England. 3. Civil Law, Sovereignty and Absolutism. 4. The Divine Right of Kings Reconsidered -- pt. 2. 'Constitutionalism'. 5. 'Constitutionalism' and the Ancient Constitution. 6. The Political Thought of Sir Edward Coke. 7. Conclusion -- Absolutism v. Constitutionalism?".
- catalog description "In this ambitious reinterpretation of the early Stuart period in England, Glenn Burgess contends that the common understanding of seventeenth-century English politics is oversimplified and inaccurate. The long-accepted standard view is that the gradual polarization of Court and Parliament during the reigns of James I and Charles I reflected the split between absolutists (who upheld the divine right of the monarchy to rule) and constitutionalists (who resisted tyranny by insisting the monarch was subject to law) and resulted inevitably in civil war. Yet, Burgess argues, the very terms that have been used to understand the period are misleading: there were almost no genuine absolutist thinkers in England before the Civil War, and the 'constitutionalism' of common lawyers and parliamentarians was a very different notion from current understanding of that term.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "ix, 229 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0300065329 (cloth)".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New Haven : Yale University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain".
- catalog subject "320.41/09/032 20".
- catalog subject "JA84.G7 B83 1996".
- catalog subject "Political science Great Britain History 17th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Introduction -- pt. 1. 'Absolutism'. 2. 'Absolutism' and Monarchy in Early Stuart England. 3. Civil Law, Sovereignty and Absolutism. 4. The Divine Right of Kings Reconsidered -- pt. 2. 'Constitutionalism'. 5. 'Constitutionalism' and the Ancient Constitution. 6. The Political Thought of Sir Edward Coke. 7. Conclusion -- Absolutism v. Constitutionalism?".
- catalog title "Absolute monarchy and the Stuart Constitution / Glenn Burgess.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".