Table of Contents

Introduction
Section One: Harrington the Man
Introduction
1: The Family Man
2: The Supporter of Parliament
3: The Agent of Monarchy
Section Two: Harrington the Republican
Introduction
4: The Republican
5: The Atypical Republican
Section Three: Harrington the Innovator
Introduction
6: Innovation in Substance: 'Empire Follows the Balance of Property'
7: Innovation in Substance: Democracy
8: Innovation in Style
Section Four: Harrington the Controversialist
Introduction
9: Political Controversy
10: Historical Controversy
11: Religious Controversy
12: Philosophical and Scientific Controversy
Section Five: Harrington the Man of Action
Introduction
13: Engaging with Politicians
14: The Rota Club
15: Life After 1660
Conclusion

About the Author

Rachel Hammersley is a Senior Lecturer in Intellectual History at Newcastle University. She has published on the translation and dissemination of English republican ideas in France and on notions of republicanism, democracy, and revolution during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. She has a passion for communicating knowledge of history and past ideas not just to academic audiences, but also a wider readership.

Reviews

Rachel Hammersley's Harringtonis an accomplished exemplar [of the genre of intellectual biography], deeply researched, and felicitously written, as fluent in the history of Stuart England as in the classical tradition.
*Mark Goldie, Milton Quarterly*

...welcome new study of the mid-seventeenth century English political theorist James Harrington...
*Ian Ward, Journal of Law, Literature and Culture*

...Hammersley's monograph on James Harrington is and will remain an important contribution to the history of modern political thought.
*Myriam-Isabelle Ducrocq, Journal of British Studies*

This new study by the historian of ideas Rachel Hammersley has no equivalent, and it can only be hoped that this meticulous work, rich in new interpretations, inspires a revival of interest [in Harrington].
*Julien Le Mauff, La vie des Ideés Translated text*

Rachel Hammersley has given us a well-crafted, meticulously researched, and beautifully readable study of an important thinker. Her intellectual biography will be an essential resource for all students of republican political thought.
*Ronald Beiner, Canadian Journal of Political Science*

It is rather uncommon of history books, but I found James Harrington: An Intellectual Biography both rewarding and entertaining to read: it combines formidable breadth with a story-telling ease...The book is a comprehensive guide to Harrington's life, but it is crisply written and succinct at every point. The book is suitable as an introduction to Harrington and his thought... As such, I would wholeheartedly recommend it.
*Daniel Sutton, St John's College, The Oxonian Review*

...this book is a landmark achievement, which has the potential to reignite and broaden the interestin Harrington and inspire many future studies.
*Max Skjönsberg, Global Intellectual History*