Ideas of liberty in early modern Europe : from Machiavelli to Milton /
"Europe's long sixteenth century--a period spanning the years roughly from the voyages of Columbus in the 1490s to the English Civil War in the 1640s--was an era of power struggles between avaricious and unscrupulous princes, inquistions and torture chambers, and religious differences of e...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
[2015]
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| Online Access: | Table of contents only |
| Summary: | "Europe's long sixteenth century--a period spanning the years roughly from the voyages of Columbus in the 1490s to the English Civil War in the 1640s--was an era of power struggles between avaricious and unscrupulous princes, inquistions and torture chambers, and religious differences of ever more violent fervor. Ideas of Liberty in Early Modern Europe argues that this turbulent age also laid the conceptual foundations of our modern ideas about liberty, justice, and democracy"--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | vii, 215 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-206) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780691163833 0691163839 |