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Examining works by well-known figures of the English Revolution, including John Milton, Oliver Cromwell, Margaret Fell Fox, Lucy Hutchinson, Thomas Hobbes, and King Charles I, Giuseppina Iacono Lobo presents the first comprehensive study of conscience during this crucial and turbulent period.

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"This is an important and perceptive book which sheds new light on individual authors’ engagements with these issues through close textual analysis…" -- G. Mahlberg, Berlin * The English Historical Review, vol 134 no 568 *

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Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Revolutions of Conscience Chapter 1: Charles I, Eikon Basilike, and the Pulpit-Work of the King's Conscience Chapter 2: Oliver Cromwell and the Duties of Conscience Chapter 3: Early Quaker Writing and the Unifying Light of Conscience Chapter 4: Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan and the Civilizing Force of Conscience Chapter 5: Lucy Hutchinson's Revisions of Conscience Chapter 6: Milton's Nation of Conscience Afterword Notes Bibliography

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      Publisher: University of Toronto Press
      Publication Date: 18/07/2017
      ISBN13: 9781487501204, 978-1487501204
      ISBN10: 148750120X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Examining works by well-known figures of the English Revolution, including John Milton, Oliver Cromwell, Margaret Fell Fox, Lucy Hutchinson, Thomas Hobbes, and King Charles I, Giuseppina Iacono Lobo presents the first comprehensive study of conscience during this crucial and turbulent period.

      Trade Review
      "This is an important and perceptive book which sheds new light on individual authors’ engagements with these issues through close textual analysis…" -- G. Mahlberg, Berlin * The English Historical Review, vol 134 no 568 *

      Table of Contents
      Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Revolutions of Conscience Chapter 1: Charles I, Eikon Basilike, and the Pulpit-Work of the King's Conscience Chapter 2: Oliver Cromwell and the Duties of Conscience Chapter 3: Early Quaker Writing and the Unifying Light of Conscience Chapter 4: Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan and the Civilizing Force of Conscience Chapter 5: Lucy Hutchinson's Revisions of Conscience Chapter 6: Milton's Nation of Conscience Afterword Notes Bibliography

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