Culture and power in England, 1585-1685
By: R. Malcolm Smuts.
Series: Social history in perspective
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
Subjects: Politics and culture -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century.; Politics and culture -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century.; Power (Social sciences) -- England -- History -- 17th century.; Power (Social sciences) -- England -- History -- 16th century.; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1603-1714.; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1558-1603.; England -- Civilization -- 17th century.; England -- Civilization -- 16th century.
Description: "This book integrates recent work by historians and scholars into an original interpretation of how political culture developed during this eventful period.

It rejects Whiggish and Marxist teleologies that have shaped previous accounts of this subject and emphasizes instead the diversity of cultural perspectives available in the period; the role played by concepts of honour, law, divine providence and humanist scholarship; and the profound importance of religious tensions in shaping political imagination."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-192) and index.