John Selden : measures of the Holy Commonwealth in seventeenth-century England / by Reid Barbour

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Toronto (Ont.) : University of Toronto Press, 2003.

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23688

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Selden, John, -- 1584-1654.

Great Britain -- Politics and government -- History.

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Introduction: John Selden and the measures of a Holy Commonwealth

1. A scholar's life: duty, scepticism, and invention

2. Ancient bards and inmost historians

3. Legal sages and parliamentary religion

4. Natural law and common notions

5. The canons of the church

6. The hope of Israel

Conclusion: Ghostly authority against the civill.

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Includes bibliography and index.

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0802087760

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x, 417 p.