{"product_id":"sir-matthew-hale-1609-1676-law-religion-and-natural-philosophy-hardback-9780521450430","title":"Sir Matthew Hale, 1609–1676; Law, Religion and Natural Philosophy (Hardback) 9780521450430","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSir Matthew Hale, 1609–1676\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eLaw, Religion and Natural Philosophy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA survey of the life and work of a great English judge during the Commonwealth and the reign of Charles II.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlan Cromartie (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521450430, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 16 March 1995\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e280 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 15.7 x 2.5 cm, 0.567 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Alan Cromartie deserves praise and thanks for a book which is well researched, crisply written and full of fascinating insights....certainly essential reading for anyone interested in the history of law and lawyers during the period.\"    Christopher Brooks, The American Journal of Legal History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSir Matthew Hale (1609–76) was the greatest common lawyer of his age, and the most universally admired. Although he held office under Oliver Cromwell, this barely affected his standing in Restoration times. A study of Hale's life and thought necessarily illuminates the central role of the common law in Stuart politics. This book explains Hale's political ideas, and his subtle understanding of the peculiar character of an 'unwritten' law. It also covers his extensive writings on scientific and religious questions, writings which document a shift from puritan to liberal Protestantism. His acute but equivocal response to the science of Descartes and Boyle reveals a fascinating interplay between his 'latitudinarianism' and the new natural philosophy. The result is a unique case study, and a comprehensive portrait of a seventeenth-century mind.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: a summary life\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Law: 1. Coke: the appeal to reason\u003cbr\u003e 2. Selden: the appeal to contract\u003cbr\u003e 3. The rights of the Crown\u003cbr\u003e 4. Interregnum\u003cbr\u003e 5. Protectorate\u003cbr\u003e 6. Restoration: 'the nature of laws'\u003cbr\u003e 7. Restoration: constitutional theory\u003cbr\u003e 8. Restoration: legal practice\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Religion: 9. Hales's 'puritanism'\u003cbr\u003e 10. Hale's 'latitudinarianism'\u003cbr\u003e 11. Hale and religious dissent\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Natural Philosophy: 12. Natural motions\u003cbr\u003e 13. The Torricellian experiment\u003cbr\u003e 14. The soul\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Appendix\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: 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":46007463969048,"sku":"9780521450430","price":89.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521450430i_9752f468-f4e8-4f63-abf3-28aeb8605a77.jpg?v=1691382197","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/sir-matthew-hale-1609-1676-law-religion-and-natural-philosophy-hardback-9780521450430","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}