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Conscience and Allegiance in Seventeenth title: Century England : The Political Significance of Oaths and Engagements author: Jones, David Martin. publisher: University of Rochester isbn10 | asin: 1580460399 print isbn13: 9781580460392 ebook isbn13: 9780585275598 language: English Constitutional history--Great Britain, Oaths, subject Divine rights of kings. publication date: 1999 lcc: KD3954.J66 1999eb ddc: 342.42/029 Constitutional history--Great Britain, Oaths, subject: Divine rights of kings. Page i Conscience and Allegiance in Seventeenth Century England Page ii A minister and his parishioners take the oath. British Library, TT E. 116(49), fol. 4 Page iii Conscience and Allegiance in Seventeenth Century England The Political Significance of Oaths and Engagements David Martin Jones Page iv Copyright © 1999 David Martin Jones All Rights Reserved. Except as permitted under current legislation, no part of this work may be photocopied, stored in a retrieval system, published, performed in public, adapted, broadcast, transmitted, recorded or reproduced in any form or by any means, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. First published 1999 1-58046-039-9 University of Rochester Press 668 Mt. Hope Avenue Rochester, New York, 14620, USA and at P.O. Box 9, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 3DF, UK Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Jones, David Martin. Conscience and allegiance in seventeenth century England : the political significance of oaths and engagements / by David Martin Jones. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-58046-039-9 (alk. paper) 1. Constitutional historyGreat Britain. 2. Oaths. 3. Divine rights of kings. I. Title. KD3954.J66 1999 342.42'029dc21 99-16320 CIP British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library This publication is printed on acid-free paper Printed in the United States of America Designed and typeset by Cornerstone Composition Services Page v I GOFIO NAAD JCJ GYDA DIOLCH Page vii Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Oaths, Conscience, and the Tacit Dimension in Early Modern English Political Thought Chapter 1 14 The State Oath in Law and Conscience: A Brief History of "the Safest Knot of Civil Society" Chapter 2 63 "Of Oaths, Their Object, Form and Bond"1: The Impact of Common Law, Casuistry, and Character upon the State Oath Chapter 3 104 "Endless Janglings and Perplexities": The English Experience of the State Oath, 16401660 Chapter 4 170 The Oath Restored: The Problems Raised by the Imposition of State Oaths between 1660 and 1690 Chapter 5 228 Conscience, Character, the Prostitution of the Oath, and the Evolution of a Political Disposition Appendix: The Genealogy of the State Oath 1. The Feudal Oath of Liege Homage or Liegeance 269 2. The Oath to the Succession (1534) 270 3. The Henrician Oath of Supremacy (1536) 270 4. The Elizabethan Oath of Supremacy (1559) 271 5. The Oath of Allegiance (1606) 272 6. The Etcetera Oath (1640) 273 7. The Protestation of May 3rd, 1641 273 8. A Sacred Vow and Covenant Taken by the Lords and 274 Commons Assembled in Parliament (June 9th, 1643) 9. The Solemn League and Covenant (September 275 1643), and the Negative Oath (April 1645) 10. The Engagement (1649) 279 11. Oath-Taking and the Protectorate (1654) 279 1 Christopher White, Of Oaths: Their Object, Form and Bond (London, 1627) Page viii 12. Oaths and the Restoration (16611665) 279 13. Oaths after the Glorious Revolution (1688) 280 14. The Abjuration Oath (1702) 281 15. Oaths Directed Specifically Against the English 281 Catholic Community Abbreviations Used in Notes 285 Bibliography 286 Index of Names 330 Index of Subjects 336
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