Public Duty and Private Conscience in Seventeenth-Century England - Essays Presented to G.E. Aylmer (Hardcover)

The tension between public duty and private conscience is a central theme of English history in the seventeenth century, when established authorities were questioned and violently disrupted. It has also been an important theme in the work of one of the foremost historians of the period, G. E. Aylmer. It makes, therefore, an especially appropriate subject for this volume. The contributors are leading historians, whose topics range from contemporary writings on conscience and duty to the particular problems faced by individuals and groups, both Puritan and Royalist, at the centre and in the localities. These scholarly and original studies throw new light on the innumerable dilemmas of conscience of seventeenth-century men and women, and together make a distinguished contribution to seventeenth-century history. Contributors: Christopher Hill, Gordon Leff, Austin Wollrych, Keith Thomas, Patricia Crawford, Kevin Sharpe, Conrad Russell, Neil Cuddy, Paul Slack, John Morrill, Claire Cross, P. R. Newman, Daniel Woolf, John Ferris, Richard S. Dunn, and William Sheils.

General

Imprint:	Clarendon Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 1993
Editors:	John Morrill (Reader in Early Modern History, University of Cambridge, and Fellow of) • Paul Slack (Reader in Modern History, University of Oxford, and Fellow of) • Daniel Woolf (Associate Professor of History)
Dimensions:	226 x 145 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	360
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-820229-5
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > History of ideas, intellectual history 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:	0-19-820229-6
Barcode:	9780198202295

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