Sidney: Court Maxims (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought) - Softcover

Sidney, Algernon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521467365 ISBN 13: 9780521467360

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1996

Synopsis

This remarkable expression of republican thought has never before been published. Algernon Sidney was among the most unrelenting republican partisans of the seventeenth century, and was executed for his opposition to Charles II. Written during Sidney's continental exile, the vivid Court Maxims was only recently rediscovered. The work presents a lively discussion about the principles of government and the practice of politics, articulating a vital tradition of republicanism in an absolutist age.

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Algernon Sidney was among the most unrelenting republican partisans of the seventeenth century, and was executed for his opposition to Charles II. His vivid Court Maxims was only recently rediscovered. It presents a lively discussion about the principles of government and the practice of politics.

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This remarkable expression of radical republican thought has never before been published. Algernon Sidney was among the most unrelenting partisans of the parliamentary party during the Commonwealth, and died on the scaffold in 1683 for his opposition to Charles II. Sidney's voluminous Discourses Concerning Government was published after his death, but the earlier and more vivid Court Maxims was only recently rediscovered in a manuscript in Warwick Castle. Written during Sidney's continental exile, Court Maxims is of the greatest importance for the study of the international ramifications of seventeenth-century republican thought. Its dialogue structure presents a lively discussion about the principles of government and the practice of politics, articulating a vital tradition of republicanism in an age of absolutism. These characteristics make Court Maxims a unique text, essential reading for anyone interested in republicanism or early modern political thought.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0521467365
• ISBN 13: 9780521467360
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 260
• Editor: Blom Hans W., Haitsma-Mulier Eco, Janse Ronald