Provides one of the most substantial statements about the importance, relevance, and potential excitement of this form of historical enquiry. This extended essay by one of the world's leading historians seeks, in its first part, to excavate and to vindicate, the neo-Roman theory of free citizens and free states as it developed in early modern Britain.

Klappentext This extended essay by one of the world's leading historians seeks, in its first part, to excavate and to vindicate, the neo-Roman theory of free citizens and free states as it developed in early modern Britain. Zusammenfassung This extended essay by one of the world's leading historians seeks! in its first part! to excavate and to vindicate! the neo-Roman theory of free citizens and free states as it developed in early modern Britain.

Autorentext
Quentin Skinner ist Professor für politische Wissenschaft an der Universität Cambridge.

Inhalt

Preface; 1. The neo-Roman theory of free states; 2. Free states and individual liberty; 3. Freedom and the historian; Bibliography; Index.