Public duty and private conscience in seventeenth-century England essays presented to G.E. Aylmer / [electronic resource] :
edited by John Morrill, Paul Slack, and Daniel Woolf.
- Oxford : Clarendon, 1993.
- 1 online resource (viii, 347 p.) : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780191675270 (ebook) : No price
Political ethics--History--England--17th century. Ethics, Modern--17th century.
Great Britain--Politics and government--1603-1714.