William Penn: Political Writings

Herausgeber: Murphy, Andrew R.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

William Penn (1644-1718) had been a sophisticated, influential theorist of liberty of conscience for more than a decade before he founded Pennsylvania. This fully annotated, scholarly edition of his political writings presents the essentials of his theory and sheds important new light on the history of religious toleration in England and America.

---

Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 138mm x 216mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 488g
• ISBN-13: 9781108739504
• ISBN-10: 1108739504
• Artikelnr.: 59992902

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Note on the Texts
Part I. Political Liberties: 1. The Peoples Ancient and Just Liberties Asserted (1670)
2. Englands Present Interest Discover'd (1675)
3. England's great interest in the choice of this Parliament (1679)
4. The Great and Popular Objection Against the Repeal of the Penal Laws and Tests (1688)
Part II. Toleration and Liberty of Conscience: 5. The Great Case of Liberty of Conscience (1670)
6. The Proposed Comprehension (1673)
7. One Project for the good of England (1679)
8. A Perswasive to Moderation (1686)
Part III. Pennsylvania: 9. Some account of the Province of Pennsilvania in America (1681)
10. The Fundamental Constitutions of Pennsilvania (unpublished, summer 1681)
11. The Frame of Government and Laws agreed upon in England (1682)
12. The Charter of Privileges (1701)
Part IV. Broader Perspectives: 13. An Essay Towards the Present and Future Peace of Europe (1693)
14. A Brief and Plain scheame (unpublished, 1697)
15. Proposal for the Advancement of Trade in America (unpublished, 1697)
Bibliography
Index.