Freedom of speech in early stuart england
Auteur :
Colclough, David
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521847483
Date de publication :
7 avr. 2005
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,2 cm
Poids :
640 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Describing a central episode in the history of free speech, David Colclough demonstrates that in early seventeenth-century England people had a highly developed language in which to claim freedom of speech as a right and duty, uncovering an alternative tradition to the one that dominates much modern political theory.