Republicanism : Volume 1, Republicanism and Constitutionalism in Early Modern Europe: A Shared European Heritage

Martin Van Gelderen
Cambridge University Press
9780521802031
0-521-80203-2

These volumes offer the first comprehensive study of republicanism as a shared European heritage. Professors Skinner and van Gelderen have assembled an internationally distinguished set of contributors.

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whose studies highlight the richness and diversity of European republican traditions. Volume I looks at anti-monarchism in Europe, humanist theories of citizenship and the constitutional nature of the republic. Volume II is devoted to the study of key republican values --liberty, virtue, politeness and toleration. It also addresses the role of women and relationship between republicanism and the rise of a commercial society.