Public duty and private conscience in seventeenth-century England [electronic resource] : essays presented to G.E. Aylmer / edited by John Morrill, Paul Slack, and Daniel Woolf.
Publisher: Oxford : Clarendon, 1993Description: 1 online resource (viii, 347 p.) : ill.ISBN: 9780191675270 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Political ethics -- England -- History -- 17th century | Ethics, Modern -- 17th century | Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1603-1714Additional Physical Form: Print version : 9780198202295DDC classification: 942.06 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Throws new light on the innumerable dilemmas of conscience of men and women of the 17th century in England when established authorities were questioned and violently disrupted. The tension between public duty and private conscience is a central theme of this period.Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Throws new light on the innumerable dilemmas of conscience of men and women of the 17th century in England when established authorities were questioned and violently disrupted. The tension between public duty and private conscience is a central theme of this period.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.