Argument and Authority in Early Modern England: The Presupposition of Oaths and OfficesConal Condren offers a radical reappraisal of the character of moral and political theory in early modern England through an exploration of pervasive arguments about office. In this context he explores the significance of oath-taking and three of the major crises around oaths and offices in the seventeenth century. This fresh focus on office brings into serious question much of what has been taken for granted in the study of early modern political and moral theory concerning, for example, the interplay of ideologies, the emergence of a public sphere, of liberalism, reason of state, de facto theory, and perhaps even political theory and moral agency as we know it. Argument and Authority is a major new work from a senior scholar of early modern political thought, of interest to a wide range of historians, philosophers and literary scholars. |
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... history ( ideas , concepts , beliefs , ideologies ) is largely what is conjectured in order to establish a narrative ... History of the Norman Conquest ' , History , 84 ( 1999 ) , pp . 219–36 . model are read into the evidence ...
... history ( ideas , concepts , beliefs , ideologies ) is largely what is conjectured in order to establish a narrative ... History of the Norman Conquest ' , History , 84 ( 1999 ) , pp . 219–36 . model are read into the evidence ...
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... history . A presupposition is something that in a given context is taken for granted ; it is apt to be relatively general and constant but may be disclosed in a finite array of differing propositions . Indeed , this adaptive capacity is ...
... history . A presupposition is something that in a given context is taken for granted ; it is apt to be relatively general and constant but may be disclosed in a finite array of differing propositions . Indeed , this adaptive capacity is ...
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... history of ' unit ideas ' invented in the service of grand , even whiggish narratives of con- ceptual consumation.14 ... Historical Terms and Concepts : New Studies in Begriffsgeschichte ( Washington D.C. , 1996 ) , p . 61 ; this is not ...
... history of ' unit ideas ' invented in the service of grand , even whiggish narratives of con- ceptual consumation.14 ... Historical Terms and Concepts : New Studies in Begriffsgeschichte ( Washington D.C. , 1996 ) , p . 61 ; this is not ...
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... history , but for what is made of the labours of others . The scene set , chapter 4 outlines the terms and expressions broadly constituting the ethics of office and its abuse . It is an overview of the vocabulary of office as a whole ...
... history , but for what is made of the labours of others . The scene set , chapter 4 outlines the terms and expressions broadly constituting the ethics of office and its abuse . It is an overview of the vocabulary of office as a whole ...
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Contents
An overview | 15 |
Ceremonies of office The kiss of the tuttiman | 36 |
Institutionalised office a sense of the scavenger | 54 |
The vocabulary of office | 80 |
Offices of the intellect player poet and philosopher | 105 |
Soul and conscience | 125 |
The authority and insolence of office | 147 |
The cases of patriot and counsellor | 149 |
I A B | 231 |
An overview of the oath in seventeenthcentury argument | 233 |
Coronation oaths | 254 |
The oath of allegiance of 1606 | 269 |
Engagement with a free state | 290 |
The oath of allegiance and the Revolution of 16889 | 314 |
Epilogue | 343 |
Bibliography | 353 |
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