St. Augustine's Press

Discusses analytically all the important thinkers and publicists who were active at the time of the great revolution. Zagorin gives particular emphasis to the period 1645–60, when Hobbes, the Leveller leaders, and Winstanley were active. The book also restores to attention other writers who, although influential at the time, have seen been neglected and relates the motives of these men to the underlying causes of the age.

“The wonder is that so much information and so many stimulating ideas have been
packed into a very readable book. It deserves a wide and lasting reputation.” – History Today

“[A]n honest, lively and useful account of the political thought of the period.” –
Economist

 

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A History of Political Thought
in the English Revolution

Perez Zagorin

1-85506-544-4 1996 $19.00tx
215 pp., paperback 1954 edition
preface, introduction, notes, index
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