Table of Contents

Introduction Quentin Skinner; Part I. The Rejection of Monarchy: 1. 'That a republic is better than a monarchy': anti-monarchism in Early Modern Dutch political thought Wyger Velema; 2. Anti-monarchism in English republicanism Martin Dzelzainis; 3. Anti-monarchism in Polish republicanism in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Anna Grzeskowiak-Krwawicz; 4. Classical republicanism in seventeenth-century England and the Netherlands Jonathan Scott; Part II. The Republican Citizen: 5. Citizenship and republicanism in Elizabethan England Markku Peltonen; 6. Republican citizenship and civic humanism in the Burgundian-Habsburg Netherlands (1477–1556) Karin Tilmans; 7. Civic humanism and republican citizenship in early modern Germany Robert von Friedeburg; 8. Civic humanism and republican citizenship in the Polish renaissance Edward Opalinski; Part III. The Republican Constitution: 9. From the crisis of civil culture to the republic of Naples in 1647 Ivo Comparato; 10. Aristotelians, Monarchomachs and Republicans: sovereignty and Respublica Mixta in Dutch and German, 1580–1650 Martin van Gelderen; 11. Natural Law and Respublica Mixta: Dutch and German political discourses around 1700 Hans Erich Bodeker; 12. Classical foundational myths of European Republicanism: the Jewish Commonwealth Lea Campos Boralevi; 13. Republican politics in Early Modern Spain: the Castilian and the Catalano-Aragonese Traditions Xavier Gil; 14. The idea of a Republican constitution in Old Regime France Kent Wright; 15. Republicanism, regicide and republic: the English experience Blair Worden; Index.

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About the Author

Martin van Gelderen studied at the European University Institute and taught at the Technische Universitaet in Berlin and at the University of Sussex, prior to his appointment to the chair of European History at the European University Institute in 2003. His many publications include The Political Thought of the Dutch Revolt (Cambridge 1992), The Dutch Revolt (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought, 1993) and he is currently preparing (also for the Cambridge Texts series) a new English rendition of De Iure Belli ac Pacis by Hugo Grotius. Quentin Skinner is Regius Professor of Modern History in the University of Cambridge. A Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge, he is also a fellow of numerous academic bodies and the recipient of several honorary degrees. His many publications include The Foundations of Modern Political Thought (Cambridge, 1978, two volumes), Machiavelli (Oxford, 1981), Reason and Rhetoric in the Philosophy of Hobbes (Cambridge, 1996), Liberty before Liberalism (Cambridge, 1998), and three volumes of Visions of Politics (Cambridge, 2002).

Reviews

'Unlike the usual collections of essays representing various tangents taken from a more or less common theme, the articles gathered together in these volumes can be read as an almost seamless text. Credit goes to both the single authors and the editors who have shown great skill in assembling a set of texts which canvases a wide array of questions without ever losing sight of its central theme, thus providing not only a broad overview of early modern republicanism, but at the same time one which is both rich and extremely useful.' Thomas Kirk in History 'Skinner and van Gelderen faced a demanding task in editing this two-volume set and achieved the fruitful completion of a grand project. This publication offers some outstanding contributions to the study of European republicanism and stimulates further research and investigation. Republicanism is a vibrant intellectual tradition whose significance is not exhausted in the history of political thought - on the contrary, its vision of political freedom, civic virtue and the common good can enrich substantially our political praxis and understanding of politics and put forward a robust idea of citizenship and good government.' Journal of Moral Philosophy 'These volumes present a wealth of material on the development and character of early-modern republicanism ... The excellent essays show the unity of the history of European ideas in context, by virtue of the shared heritage of republican ideas, values, and norms.' History of European Ideas 'The two volumes of essays edited by Martin van Gelderen and Quentin Skinner offer the latest word on current scholarship of republicanism in early modern Europe ... The editors have managed to gather together many of the leading scholars of early modern European political thought (themselves included), and have produced a collection that will b e of use to specialist and non-specialist readers alike.' European Journal of Social Theory