A Holy Commonwealth (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)
by Baxter, Richard (ed. William Lamont)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good, 1st thus, missing d/j, red cloth boards (slight label residue on spine), gilt on black panel spine titling; text bloc
- ISBN 10
- 0521405181
- ISBN 13
- 9780521405188
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About This Item
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. 1st thus. h/b. Very good, 1st thus, missing d/j, red cloth boards (slight label residue on spine), gilt on black panel spine titling; text block firm, pages crisp; ex library with some highlighting. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). A Holy Commonwealth was written in 1659 by the Puritan minister Richard Baxter (1615Ð91), and proved to be the most controversial of all his works. He publicly repudiated it in 1670, and in 1683 the Oxford University authorities ordered it to be part of a book-burning that included the works of Hobbes and Milton. The scandal that surrounded it has obscured its merits as the most candid of confessions as to why a conservative Puritan fought for Parliament in the Civil War and gave his support to the Cromwells. The views it expresses are at variance with the cautious explanations given in Baxter's later memoirs (now seen as a less reliable source than past commentators have presumed). This edition of A Holy Commonwealth makes available to modern readers a work which offers a unique perspective on the relation between church and magistrate and the origins of the English Civil War.
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- Title
- A Holy Commonwealth (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)
- Author
- Baxter, Richard (ed. William Lamont)
- Format/Binding
- H/b
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, 1st thus, missing d/j, red cloth boards (slight label residue on spine), gilt on black panel spine titling; text bloc
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0521405181
- ISBN 13
- 9780521405188
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1994
- Pages
- 254
- Size
- 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6"")
- Keywords
- 1st thus, theology, politics, Puritans, reformation, Baxter, Lamont
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- X weight
- 0.43 g
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