This is a major English-language edition of five central texts in the history of the political thought of the Dutch Revolt. Published between 1570 and 1590 these texts exemplify the development of the political ideas which motivated and legitimated resistance to the government of Philip II and which became the crucial part of the ideological foundations of the Dutch Republic. The five texts address notions of liberty, constitutionalism, representation and popular sovereignty which were of central importance to the political thought and the revolutionary events of the Dutch Revolt. In the introduction, locating the texts in their political and intellectual context, Martin van Gelderen argues that the Revolt was as much inspired by the indigenous legacy of Dutch constitutionalism and civic consciousness as by the intellectual legacy of the late Middle Ages, Renaissance and Reformation. Biographical notes, a chronology of the Revolt's main events and a guide to further reading are also provided as student aids.
| ISBN: | 9780521398091 |
| Publication date: | 25th March 1993 |
| Author: | Martin Technische Universität Berlin van Gelderen |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 304 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought |
| Genres: |
History of ideas Politics and government |