Anthony Ashley Cooper, First Earl of Shaftesbury 1621–1683 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Anthony Ashley Cooper, First Earl of Shaftesbury 1621–1683 write by Professor John Spurr. This book was released on 2013-07-28. Anthony Ashley Cooper, First Earl of Shaftesbury 1621–1683 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Anthony Ashley Cooper, First Earl of Shaftesbury, was a giant on the English political scene of the later seventeenth century. Despite taking up arms against the king in the Civil War, and his active participation in the republican governments of the 1650s, Shaftesbury managed to retain a leading role in public affairs following the Restoration of Charles II, being raised to the peerage and holding several major offices. Following his dismissal from government in 1673 he then became de facto leader of the opposition faction and champion of the Protestant cause, before finally fleeing the country in 1681 following charges of high treason. In order to understand fully such a complex and controversial figure, this volume draws upon the specialised knowledge of nine leading scholars to investigate Shaftesbury's life and reputation. As well as re-evaluating the well-known episodes in which he was involved - his early republican sympathies, the Cabal, the Popish Plot and the politics of party faction - other less familiar themes are also explored. These include his involvement with the expansion of England's overseas colonies, his relationship with John Locke, his connections with Scotland and Ireland and his high profile public reputation. Each chapter has been especially commissioned to give an insight into a different facet of his career, whilst simultaneously adding to an overall evaluation of the man, his actions and beliefs. As such, this book presents a unique and coherent picture of Shaftesbury that draws upon the very latest interdisciplinary research, and will no doubt stimulate further work on the most intriguing politician of his generation.
Characteristicks
Characteristicks - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Characteristicks write by Anthony Ashley Cooper of Shaftesbury. This book was released on 2009. Characteristicks available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The First Earl of Shaftesbury
The First Earl of Shaftesbury - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The First Earl of Shaftesbury write by Kenneth Harold Dobson Haley. This book was released on 1968. The First Earl of Shaftesbury available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Shaftesbury
Shaftesbury - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Shaftesbury write by Richard Turnbull. This book was released on 2012-10-08. Shaftesbury available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The best-loved politician and social reformer of nineteenth century England, Lord Shaftesbury's deep compassion for the poor became legendary. He campaigned tirelessly to limit factory hours, to stop the use of boys as chimney sweeps and children in coalmines, and to develop universal education. As a result he changed the character of English society forever. Areas covered in this important new biography include his upbringing and education; his work as a politician and his campaign for mental health; factory and industrial reforms; campaigns for climbing boys and for better sanitation and housing; his contribution towards the founding of the Bible Society, CPAS, London City Mission, Ragged School Union and CMS; his role as a defender of the Protestant faith and the campaign against ritualism; his personal theology.
Shaftesbury and the Culture of Politeness
Shaftesbury and the Culture of Politeness - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Shaftesbury and the Culture of Politeness write by Lawrence E. Klein. This book was released on 1994-02-25. Shaftesbury and the Culture of Politeness available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The third Earl of Shaftesbury was a pivotal figure in eighteenth-century thought and culture. Professor Klein's study is the first to examine the extensive Shaftesbury manuscripts and offer an interpretation of his diverse writings as an attempt to comprehend contemporary society and politics and, in particular, to offer a legitimation for the new Whig political order established after 1688. As the focus of Shaftesbury's thinking was the idea of politeness, this study involves the first serious examination of the importance of the idea of politeness in the eighteenth century for thinking about society and culture and organising cultural practices. Through politeness, Shaftesbury conceptualised a new kind of public and critical culture for Britain and Europe, and greatly influenced the philosophical and cultural models associated with the European Enlightenment.
