Republicans : essays on eighteenth-century Dutch political thought /
"This book explores the many varieties of eighteenth-century Dutch republicanism from a number of different methodological perspectives. It thereby significantly contributes to our understanding of a crucial period in the development of Dutch political thought."--Jacket.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2007.
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| Series: | Brill's studies in intellectual history ;
v. 155. |
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Table of Contents:
- "The First Republic of Europe"
- Anti-Monarchism in Early Modern Dutch Political Thought
- Early Eighteenth-Century Political Languages
- Polite Republicanism and the Problem of Decline
- Republican Readings of Montesquieu: The Esprit des Lois in the Dutch Republic
- Revolution, Counterrevolution and the Stadholderate, 1780-1795
- The Concept of Liberty in the Dutch Republic, 1780-1787
- Contemporary Reactions to Patriot Political Discourse
- Dutch Constitutionalism at the End of the Eighteenth Century
- The End of Republican Politics.