The rule of manhood : tyranny, gender, and Classical Republicanism in England, 1603-1660

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The rule of manhood : tyranny, gender, and Classical Republicanism in England, 1603-1660

Title remainder

tyranny, gender, and Classical Republicanism in England, 1603-1660

Statement of responsibility

Jamie A. Gianoutsos

Creator

• Gianoutsos, Jamie A., 1984-

Subject

• Great Britain -- History -- Charles I, 1625-1649
• Great Britain -- History -- Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660
• Great Britain -- History -- James I, 1603-1625
• Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 17th century
• Masculinity -- Political aspects -- Great Britain -- History
• Political culture -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century
• Republicanism -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century
• Despotism -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century

Language

eng

Summary

Through stories of lustful and incestuous rulers, of republican revolution and of unnatural crimes against family, seventeenth-century Englishmen imagined the problem of tyranny through the prism of classical history. This fuelled debates over the practices of their own kings, the necessity of revolution, and the character of English republican thought. The Rule of Manhood explores the dynamic and complex languages of tyranny and masculinity that arose through these classical stories and their imaginative appropriation. Discerning the neglected connection between concepts of power and masculinity in early Stuart England, Jamie A. Gianoutsos shows both how stories of ancient tyranny were deployed in the dialogue around monarchy and rule between 1603 and 1660 and the extent to which these shaped English classical republican thought. Drawing on extensive research in contemporary printed texts, Gianoutsos persuasively weaves together the histories of politics and manhood to make a bold claim: that the fundamental purpose of English republicanism was not liberty or virtue, but the realisation of manhood for its citizens.--

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• Cambridge studies in early modern British history

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non fiction

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dictionaries

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• Cambridge studies in early modern British history
• Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks