Argument and Authority in Early Modern England

Conal Condren offers a radical reappraisal of the character of moral and political theory in early modern England through an exploration of pervasive and fundamental arguments about office. This focus questions almost all received notions, and establishes a new and original agenda for the study of early modern political thought.

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