The Liberty Fund edition of "An Account of Denmark," with its
related texts, is the first modern edition of Molesworth's
writings. This volume presents not only "An Account," a text that
for most of the eighteenth century was recognized as one of the
canonical works of Whiggism, but also his translation of
"Francogallia "and "Some Considerations for the Promoting of
Agriculture and Employing the Poor." These texts encompass
Molesworth's major political statements on liberty as well as his
important and understudied recommendations for the application of
liberty to economic improvement, all presented here with editorial
apparatus to provide historical and contextual background for the
reader.
In "An Account of Denmark," "Robert Molesworth famously
diagnosed the causes of a disordered commonwealth," writes Champion
in the introduction. "Unlike the reception of Locke, Molesworth's
writings provided insight into processes of corruption rather than
simply a set of prescriptive juristic values. In the "Account of
Denmark," especially, Molesworth established how tyranny worked,
identifying the contaminating ideologies and institutions."
Robert Molesworth (1656-1725) was an Irish politician and
diplomat.
Justin Champion is Chair of the History Department at Royal
Holloway College, University of London.
David Womersley is Thomas Warton Professor of English Literature at
the University of Oxford.
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