Public duty and private conscience in seventeenth-century England essays presented to G.E. Aylmer
Throws new light on the innumerable dilemmas of conscience of men and women of the 17th century in England when established authorities were questioned and violently disrupted. The tension between public duty and private conscience is a central theme of this period
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Oxford
Clarendon
1993, 1993
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Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | Throws new light on the innumerable dilemmas of conscience of men and women of the 17th century in England when established authorities were questioned and violently disrupted. The tension between public duty and private conscience is a central theme of this period |
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Physical Description: | viii, 347 p. ill |
ISBN: | 9780191675270 |