Marriage in Seventeenth-Century English Political Thought (Hardcover, 2004 ed.)

This study traces the decline of marriage as a metaphor for political authority, subjection, and tyranny in seventeenth-century political thought. An image that bound consent and contract with divine right absolutism, and irrevocably connected royal prerogatives with subjects' liberties, its disappearance in the middle decades of the century coincided with the full emergence of patriarchalist and social contract theories. If both these accepted the importance of "fathers of families," neither would suggest that political government could be comparable to "marriage."

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2004
First published:	2004
Authors:	Belinda Roberts Peters
Dimensions:	203 x 127 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	243
Edition:	2004 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4039-2036-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750
LSN:	1-4039-2036-2
Barcode:	9781403920362

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