An Historical View of the English Government - Softcover

Millar, John

9781117334271: An Historical View of the English Government

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ISBN 10: 1117334279 ISBN 13: 9781117334271

Publisher: BiblioBazaar, 2009

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About the Author

Gordon Schochet is a professor in the Department of Political Science at Rutgers University. Mark Salber Phillips is a professor in the Department of History at Carleton University.

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This oldie reaches back to 1787. Millar was a leading figure of the Scottish Enlightenment and a noted social analyst. He divides his history into three sections: the Saxons through the Normans, the Normans to James I, and James I to the Glorious Revolution.

Library Journal
January 2007

Much evidence stacked up on my bookshelves suggests--pace Hawes--a determination to scrutinize and respect claims for the Enlightenment: Liberty Press's ongoing series Natural Law and Enlightenment Classics (which saw new editions this year of John Millar's An Historical View of the English Government: From the Settlement of the Saxons in Britain to the Revolution in 1688 and The Origin of the Distinction of Ranks, Francis Hutcheson's Logic, Metaphysics, and the Natural Sociability of Mankind, and Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui's The Principles of Natural and Politic Law); the several books that revalue Enlightenment aspirations as they make philosophy the master key for unlocking cultural preoccupations.

Studies in English Literature
Summer 2007

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