Revolution by Degrees

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction: The Question of Whig Resistance Theory

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   Pages 1-18

3. Exclusion and the Evolution of Contract Theory in James Tyrrell’s Patriarcha non Monarcha

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   Pages 19-61

4. ‘To preserve the Original Constitution of Parliaments’: Revolution and Preservation in James Tyrrell’s Whig History

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   Pages 62-92

5. Whig Theories and Theorists after 1688:the Case for Resistance

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   Pages 93-123

6. Resistance in Tyrrell’s Bibliotheca Politica:the People and the Convention

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   Pages 124-147

7. John Locke and Whig Theory

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   Pages 148-167

8. Back Matter

   Pages 168-231

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This book examines the Whig theory of resistance that emerged from the Revolution of 1688 in England, and presents an important challenge to the received opinion of Whig thought as confused and as inferior to the revolutionary principles set forth by John Locke. While a wealth of Whig literature is analyzed, Rudolph focuses upon the work of James Tyrrell, presenting the first full-length study of this seminal Whig theorist, and friend and colleague of John Locke. This book provides a compelling argument for the importance of Whig political thought for the history of liberalism.

• England
• history
• revolution

• Bucknell University, Lewisburg, USA

  Julia Rudolph

JULIA RUDOLPH is Assistant Professor of History at Bucknell University.

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