These essays treat the evolution of English ideas of liberty from the end of the Elizabethan period up to the 1740's in the context of English constitutional an

This highly praised book, first published in 2005, reveals how political thought critical of the government underpins Shakespeare's writing.

Andrew McRae examines the relation between literature and politics at a pivotal moment in English history. He argues that the most influential and incisive poli

The essential history of the extraordinary year in which American democracy and American slavery emerged hand in hand in colonial Virginia. Along the banks of t

Shakespeare, like many of his contemporaries, was concerned with the question of the succession and the legitimacy of the monarch. From the early plays through