A trumpet of sedition : political theory and the rise of capitalism 1509-1688 /

Wood, Ellen Meiksins

A trumpet of sedition : political theory and the rise of capitalism 1509-1688 / Ellen Meiksing Wood, Neal Wood - Washington Square, NY : New York University Press, 1997 - x, 150 p.

Two centuries of revolution, 5. -- The centralization and unification of government, 6. -- Social structure, 10. -- The changing economy, 13. -- A century of political experimentation, 19. -- Sheep devouring men' : Thomas More, the commonwealth and a new social criticism, 27. -- An overview of tudor political theory, 28. -- Sir Thomas More (1478-1535), 33. -- The commonwealthmen, 39. -- A multitude of free men collected together : Thomas Smith, John Ponet and Richard Hooker, 42. -- Thomas Smith (1516-1556), 43. -- John Ponet (1516-1556), 50. -- Richard Hooker (1554-1600), 53. -- From corporate privileges to individual rights, 61. -- The poorest he that is in England : Political ideas in the english revolution, 65. -- The road to putney, 66. -- Political ideas in the english civil war, 72. -- The levellers and the putney debates, 80. -- Gerrard Winstanley (1609-1676), 87. -- The radical legacy, 91. -- A multitudes of men is made one person : The political thought of Thomas Hobbes, 94. -- Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679), 94. -- The elements of law and the cive leviathan, 104. -- Life, liberty and state : The political thought of John Locke, 112. -- John Locker (1632-1780), 112. -- The two treatises of government, 116. -- Locke's theory of property, 123. -- Improvement, 131

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