Contents

pp vii-viii

Preface

pp ix-xii

Texts used and a concordance for the ‘Politica’

pp xiii-xvi

List of abbreviations

pp xvii-xviii

PART I - Historiographical And Biographical Preliminaries

pp 1-2

1 - Historiography

pp 3-8

2 - Biography

pp 9-30

PART II - An Exposition Of Lawson's Politica

pp 31-42

3 - God and human society

pp 43-48

4 - Community and political power

pp 49-61

5 - The Keys

pp 62-70

6 - The limits of subjection

pp 71-76

PART III - An Examination Of The Politica

pp 77-79

7 - Providence and rhetoric

pp 80-86

8 - Community, representation and consent

pp 87-93

9 - Settlement and resistance

pp 94-116

10 - From Civil War to settlement

pp 117-132

PART IV - The Fate Of The Politica From The Settlement To The Glorious Revolution

pp 133-136

11 - Lawson and Baxter

pp 137-142

12 - Lawson and Humfrey

pp 143-150

13 - The Politica and the Allegiance Controversy

pp 151-165

14 - Aftermath

pp 166-170

PART V - Conclusions

pp 171-172

15 - Between Hobbes and Locke

pp 173-195

16 - Theory and historiography

pp 196-204

Index

pp 205-211

Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History

pp 212-212