William Penn (1644-1718) had been a sophisticated, influential theorist of liberty of conscience for more than a decade before he founded Pennsylvania. This fully annotated, scholarly edition of his political writings presents the essentials of his theory and sheds important new light on the history of religious toleration in England and America.
William Penn (1644-1718) had been a sophisticated, influential theorist of liberty of conscience for more than a decade before he founded Pennsylvania. This fully annotated, scholarly edition of his political writings presents the essentials of his theory and sheds important new light on the history of religious toleration in England and America.
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Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
Acknowledgments Introduction Note on the Texts Part I. Political Liberties: 1. The Peoples Ancient and Just Liberties Asserted (1670) 2. Englands Present Interest Discover'd (1675) 3. England's great interest in the choice of this Parliament (1679) 4. The Great and Popular Objection Against the Repeal of the Penal Laws and Tests (1688) Part II. Toleration and Liberty of Conscience: 5. The Great Case of Liberty of Conscience (1670) 6. The Proposed Comprehension (1673) 7. One Project for the good of England (1679) 8. A Perswasive to Moderation (1686) Part III. Pennsylvania: 9. Some account of the Province of Pennsilvania in America (1681) 10. The Fundamental Constitutions of Pennsilvania (unpublished, summer 1681) 11. The Frame of Government and Laws agreed upon in England (1682) 12. The Charter of Privileges (1701) Part IV. Broader Perspectives: 13. An Essay Towards the Present and Future Peace of Europe (1693) 14. A Brief and Plain scheame (unpublished, 1697) 15. Proposal for the Advancement of Trade in America (unpublished, 1697) Bibliography Index.
Acknowledgments Introduction Note on the Texts Part I. Political Liberties: 1. The Peoples Ancient and Just Liberties Asserted (1670) 2. Englands Present Interest Discover'd (1675) 3. England's great interest in the choice of this Parliament (1679) 4. The Great and Popular Objection Against the Repeal of the Penal Laws and Tests (1688) Part II. Toleration and Liberty of Conscience: 5. The Great Case of Liberty of Conscience (1670) 6. The Proposed Comprehension (1673) 7. One Project for the good of England (1679) 8. A Perswasive to Moderation (1686) Part III. Pennsylvania: 9. Some account of the Province of Pennsilvania in America (1681) 10. The Fundamental Constitutions of Pennsilvania (unpublished, summer 1681) 11. The Frame of Government and Laws agreed upon in England (1682) 12. The Charter of Privileges (1701) Part IV. Broader Perspectives: 13. An Essay Towards the Present and Future Peace of Europe (1693) 14. A Brief and Plain scheame (unpublished, 1697) 15. Proposal for the Advancement of Trade in America (unpublished, 1697) Bibliography Index.
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