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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797112503321

Autore

Cuttica Cesare

Titolo

Sir Robert Filmer (1588-1653) and the patriotic monarch : patriarchalism in seventeenth-century political thought / / Cesare Cuttica

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, England : , : Manchester University Press, , 2015

ISBN

1-78499-228-3

1-78499-227-5

Edizione

[Paperback edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Collana

Politics, culture and society in early modern Britain

Disciplina

321.6

Soggetti

Monarchy - Great Britain - History - 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-273) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations and conventions -- Introduction -- Part I -- 1 Filmer -- 2 From Kent with anger -- 3 Filmer's patriarchalism versus Jesuit political ideas -- 4 Filmer's patriarchalism in context -- 5 Writing in the early caroline regime and the issue of Patriarcha's non-publication -- 6 Filmer in the 1640s and 1650s -- Part II -- 7 Publishing in the exclusion crisis (1679-81) -- 8 Much ado about nothing? -- 9 Patriarchalism versus patriotism in practice -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1 -- Select Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book, now available in paperback, studies the patriarchalist theories of Sir Robert Filmer (1588-1653) in the context of early modern English and European political cultures. Making use of unexplored primary material and adopting an innovative contextual approach, Cuttica provides a long-overdue account of an often referred-to but largely misunderstood thinker. By focusing on Filmer's most important writing, Patriarcha (written in the 1620s-30s but published in 1680), this monograph rethinks some crucial issues in the reading of political history in the seventeenth century. Most importantly, it invites new reflections on the theory of patriarchalism and gives novel insights into the place of patriotism in the development of English political discourse and identity.Thanks to its originality in both approach and content, this volume will be of interest to historians



of early modern England as well as scholars of political thought.