British Political Thought, 1500-1660

GLENN BURGESS is Professor of History at the University of Hull, UK. His previous publications include The Politics of the Ancient Constitution (1992) and Absolute Monarchy and the Stuart Constitution (1996).

Preface.- Introduction.- PART ONE: POLITICAL THOUGHT AND CONFESSIONAL POLITIES, 1500-1640.- Henrician Political Thought.- Reformation, Obedience and Resistance.- Lawful Politics and Protestant Conformity: Political Thought in the Age of Elizabeth I.- Peaceful Politics? Jacobean and Caroline England.- PART TWO: POLITICAL THOUGHT AND RELIGIOUS REVOLUTION, 1640-1660.- Resistance and Royalism in the British Monarchies.- Religion and Radicalism in the English Revolution.- Thomas Hobbes.- Republicanism and the English Commonwealth: Political Thought During the Interregnum.- Conclusion.- Notes.- Further Reading.- Index.