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Subjects and sovereigns : the grand controversy over legal sovereignty in Stuart England by Corinne Comstock Weston, Janelle Renfrow Greenberg is a politics available to read on EtoBox.

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Concerned in a general way with theories of legitimacy, this book describes a transformation in English political thought between the opening of the civil war in 1642 and the Bill of Rights in 1689. When it was complete, the political nation as a whole had accepted the modern idea of parliamentary or legal sovereignty. The authors argue that a conservative theory of order, which assigned the king a lofty and unrivalled position, gave way in these years to a more radical community-centered view o

Who reads Subjects and sovereigns : the grand controversy over legal sovereignty in Stuart England?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Corinne Comstock Weston, Janelle Renfrow Greenberg
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
Published
2003
Language
EN
ISBN
9780521892865
Category
politics
Subjects
Social Science, History, Social Sciences
Updated
2026-03-25

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