A political biography of William King / / by Christopher Fauske [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Fauske Christopher J. <1963->
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Pickering & Chatto, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (ix, 233 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 941.506092
• Soggetto topico: Statesmen - Ireland; Church and state - Ireland - History - 17th century; Church and state - Ireland - History - 18th century
• Soggetto geografico: Ireland History 1649-1775
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Editorial Note; Introduction; 1. Disruption; 2. Settlement; 3. Progress; 4. Success; 5. Frustration; 6. Legacy; Notes; Works Cited; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: William King (1650-1729) was perhaps the dominant Irish intellect of the period from 1688 until his death. An Anglican (Church of Ireland) by conversion, King was a strident critic of John Toland and the clerical superior of Jonathan Swift. Politically King was pivotal to the emergence of the modern concept of the liberal nation state: his defence of the Church of Ireland led him to develop a theory of national rights and privileges that would influence thinkers such as Thomas Paine. King, a staunch conservative, was nonetheless an honest intellectual, a modest and devoted servant of his church and his nation and was at the very heart of the European Enlightenment.
• Titolo autorizzato: A political biography of William King
• ISBN: 1-315-65614-0; 1-317-32419-6; 1-84893-011-9; 9786612984983; 1-282-98498-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790683603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Eighteenth-century political biographies ; ; no. 7.