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Front Matter
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Exploring the Ancient Constitution of England
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The Common Law Mind and the Structure of Political Debate
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The Politics of the Ancient Constitution is a close examination of the political ideas of common lawyers in early Stuart England, and includes important surveys of the ideas of Sir Edward Coke and John Selden. It provides an original interpretation of the lawyers' theory of the ancient constitution and on this basis it provides a novel interpretation of the basic structure of political thought and ideology in pre-Civil War England. In this way the book is able to make a substantial contribution to debates over the ideological origins of the English Revolution.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Politics of the Ancient Constitution
Book Subtitle: An Introduction to English Political Thought 1600-1642
Authors: Glenn Burgess
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-22263-6
Publisher: Red Globe Press London
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1992
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 312
Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave
Topics: History of Britain and Ireland