{"product_id":"argument-and-authority-in-early-modern-england-the-presupposition-of-oaths-and-offices-hardback-9780521859080","title":"Argument and Authority in Early Modern England; The Presupposition of Oaths and Offices (Hardback) 9780521859080","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eArgument and Authority in Early Modern England\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Presupposition of Oaths and Offices\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA radical reappraisal of the character of moral and political theory in early modern England.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eConal Condren (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521859080, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 17 March 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e412 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 16 x 4 cm, 0.789 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eConal Condren offers a radical reappraisal of the character of moral and political theory in early modern England through an exploration of pervasive arguments about office. In this context he explores the significance of oath-taking and three of the major crises around oaths and offices in the seventeenth century. This fresh focus on office brings into serious question much of what has been taken for granted in the study of early modern political and moral theory concerning, for example, the interplay of ideologies, the emergence of a public sphere, of liberalism, reason of state, de facto theory, and perhaps even political theory and moral agency as we know it. Argument and Authority is a major new work from a senior scholar of early modern political thought, of interest to a wide range of historians, philosophers and literary scholars.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Liquid Empire of Office: 1. An overview\u003cbr\u003e 2. Ceremonies of office: the kiss of the Tutti-Man\u003cbr\u003e 3. Institutionalised office: a sense of the scavenger\u003cbr\u003e 4. The vocabulary of office\u003cbr\u003e 5. Offices of the intellect: player, poet and philosopher\u003cbr\u003e 6. Soul and conscience\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Authority and Insolence of Office\u003cbr\u003e 7. The cases of patriot and counsellor\u003cbr\u003e 8. Casuistry as the mediation of office\u003cbr\u003e 9. The case of resistance to superior power\u003cbr\u003e 10. Metaphor and political autonomy\u003cbr\u003e Part III 'I, A, B': 11. An overview of the oath in seventeenth-century argument\u003cbr\u003e 12. Coronation oaths\u003cbr\u003e 13. The oath of allegiance of 1606\u003cbr\u003e 14. Engagement with a free state\u003cbr\u003e 15. The oath of allegiance and the Revolution of 1688–9\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of ideas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of ideas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20ideas%20%5BJFCX%5D%22\"\u003eJFCX\u003c\/a\u003e], Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Early%20modern%20history:%20c%201450\/1500%20to%20c%201700%20%5BHBLH%5D%22\"\u003eHBLH\u003c\/a\u003e], British \u0026amp; Irish history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on British \u0026amp; Irish history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22British%20\u0026amp;%20Irish%20history%20%5BHBJD1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265264931096,"sku":"9780521859080","price":77.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521859080i.jpg?v=1692021114","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/argument-and-authority-in-early-modern-england-the-presupposition-of-oaths-and-offices-hardback-9780521859080","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}