Against Throne and Altar - Machiavelli and Political Theory Under the English Republic - Paul A. Rahe - Hardback Bog - Cambridge University Press -

Description

This volume examines the political thinking of three men - John Milton, Marchamont Nedham, and James Harrington - who championed the abortive republican experiment in England between 1649 and 1660 and that of Thomas Hobbes, who lent his support after initial opposition.