Cromartie Alan. The Constitutionalist Revolution: An Essay on the History of England, 1450-1642 (Ideas in Context)
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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST
REVOLUTION
Alan Cromartie gives an innovative account of English constitutional
ideas from the mid-fifteenth century to the time of Charles I, showing
how the emergence of grand claims for common law, the country’s
strange unwritten legal system, shaped England’s cultural develop-
ment. This is the first book of its type for at least a generation to
offer an interpretative framework that covers both the Reformation
and the Revolution; it makes a unique contribution both to the his-
tory of the English state and to the broader history of ideas. Though
he does not neglect the role of narrowly religious disagreements,
Dr Cromartie brings out the way that ‘religious’ and ‘secular’ val-
ues came to be intertwined: to the majority of Charles’s subjects,
the rights of the clergy and the king were legal rights; the institu-
tional structure of church and state was an expression of monarchical
power; obedience to the king and to the law was a religious duty.
Aproper understanding of this cluster of ideas reveals why Charles
found England so difficult to control and why both parties in the civil
war believed that they were fighting for established institutions.
alan cromartie is Reader in Politics at the University of Read-
ing. His previous publications include SirMatthew Hale, 1609–1676
(Cambridge, 1995).
ideas in context
Edited by Quentin Skinner and James Tully
The books in this series will discuss the emergence of intellectual traditions and of
related new disciplines. The procedures, aims, and vocabularies that were generated
will be set in the context of the alternatives available within the contemporary
frameworks of ideas and institutions. Through detailed studies of the evolution of
such traditions, and their modification by different audiences, it is hoped that a
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this means, artificial distinctions between the history of philosophy, of the various
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A list of books in the series will be found at the end of the volume.
THE CONSTITUTIONALIST
REVOLUTION
An Essay on the History of England, 1450–1642
ALAN CROMARTIE
Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo
Cambridge University Press
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