The History of England: The First Two Stuarts v. 5: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688: 05 - Hardcover

Hume, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0865970327 ISBN 13: 9780865970328

Publisher: Liberty Fund Inc, 1983

Synopsis

Volume V details the accession of James I and the establishment of the Stuart dynasty, the heightened tensions between the king and parliament as the kingdom grappled with the questions of absolute rule and the problems of religion, continuing into the reign of Charles I, the civil war, and the execution of Charles.

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Review:

"Hume's History deserves to be ranked with such works as Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War and Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.... The theme of liberty, above all others, gives continuity to Hume's detailed examination of English constitutional development from the Anglo-Saxon period to the Revolution of 1688."

Synopsis:

David Hume's great, enduring reputation in philosophy tends to obscure the fact that, among his contemporaries, his history of England was a more successful work. The history covers almost 1800 years. Hume saw English history as an evolution from a government of will to a government of law. Advanced in Hume's masterly prose, this argument continues to make the "History" a valuable study for the modern reader. This Liberty Fund edition is based on the edition of 1778, the last to contain corrections by Hume. The typography has been modernized for ease of reading. Hume's own index to the entire work may be found at the conclusion of volume VI.

About this edition

• Publisher: Liberty Fund Inc
• Publication date: 1983
• ISBN 10: 0865970327
• ISBN 13: 9780865970328
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 583