Inspired by the work of intellectual historian J. G. A. Pocock, this 1993 collection explores the political ideologies of early modern Britain.

This book explores the Bible as a political document in seventeenth-century England, revealing how it provided a key language of political debate.

The second edition of this bestselling narrative history has been revised and expanded to reflect recent scholarship. The book traces the transformation of Engl

Leading scholars show how laughter and satire in early modern Britain functioned in a variety of contexts both to affirm communal boundaries and to undermine th

A history of political debate and theory in England (later Britain) between the English Reformation and French Revolution.