Ideas of Monarchical Reform : Fénelon, Jacobitism, and the political works of the Chevalier Ramsay.
This book examines the political works of Andrew Michael Ramsay (1683-1743) within the context of early eighteenth-century British and French political thought. In the first monograph on Ramsay in English for over sixty years, the author uses Ramsay to engage in a broader evaluation of the political...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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2016.
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| Series: | Studies in Early Modern European History MUP.
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| Summary: | This book examines the political works of Andrew Michael Ramsay (1683-1743) within the context of early eighteenth-century British and French political thought. In the first monograph on Ramsay in English for over sixty years, the author uses Ramsay to engage in a broader evaluation of the political theory in the two countries and the exchange between them. At the beginning of the eighteenth century, Britain and France were on divergent political paths. Yet in the first three decades of that century, the growing impetus of mixed government in Britain influenced the political theory of its long. |
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| Item Description: | ConclusionSelect bibliography; Index. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (249 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781526111258 152611125X 9781526111241 1526111241 |