George Lawson's 'Politica' and the English Revolution (Paperback)

Preface; Texts used and a concordance for the 'Politica'; List of abbreviations; Part I. Historiographical and Biographical Preliminaries: 1. Historiography; 2. Biography; Part II. An Exposition of Lawson's Politica: 3. God and human society; 4. Community and political power; 5. The keys; 6. The limits of subjection; Part III. An Examination of the Politica: 7. Providence and rhetoric; 8. Community, representation and consent; 9. Settlement and resistance; 10. From Civil War to settlement; Part IV. The Fate of the Politica from the Settlement to the Glorious Revolution: 11. Lawson and Baxter; 12. Lawson and Hunfrey; 13. The Politica and the allegiance controversy; 14. Aftermath; Part V. Conclusion: 15. Between Hobbes and Locke; 16. Theory and historiography; Index.