The Constitutionalist Revolution : An Essay on the History of England, 1450-1642 - Alan  Cromartie

The Constitutionalist Revolution

An Essay on the History of England, 1450-1642

By: Alan Cromartie

Paperback | 6 August 2009

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Alan Cromartie gives an innovative account of English constitutional ideas from the mid-fifteenth century to the time of Charles I, showing how the emergence of grand claims for common law, the country's strange unwritten legal system, shaped England's cultural development. This is the first book of its type for at least a generation to offer an interpretative framework that covers both the Reformation and the Revolution; it makes a contribution both to the history of the English state and to the broader history of ideas. Though he does not neglect the role of narrowly religious disagreements, Dr. Cromartie brings out the way that 'religious' and 'secular' values came to be intertwined: to the majority of Charles's subjects, the rights of the clergy and the king were legal rights; the institutional structure of church and state was an expression of monarchical power; obedience to the king and to the law was a religious duty. A proper understanding of this cluster of ideas reveals why Charles found England so difficult to control and why both parties in the civil war believed that they were fighting for established institutions.
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"[...]this important book presents a coherent argument and will be required reading for scholars of the political philosophy and high politics of early modern England." -Andrew Hopper, H-Albion
"This is a wide-ranging and illuminating study[...]the thesis is highly persuasive." Richard Cust, University of Birmingham, American Historical Review

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