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title	:	Conscience and Allegiance in Seventeenth 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
subject	Constitutional history--Great Britain, Oaths, Divine rights of kings.
publication date	:	1999
lcc	:	KD3954.J66 1999eb
ddc	:	342.42/029
subject	:	Constitutional history--Great Britain, Oaths, 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 Oaths, Conscience, and the Tacit Dimension in Early Modern English Political Thought 1 Chapter 1 The State Oath in Law and Conscience: A Brief History of "the Safest Knot of Civil Society" 14 Chapter 2 "Of Oaths, Their Object, Form and Bond"1: The Impact of Common Law, Casuistry, and Character upon the State Oath 63 Chapter 3 "Endless Janglings and Perplexities": The English Experience of the State Oath, 16401660 104 Chapter 4 The Oath Restored: The Problems Raised by the Imposition of State Oaths between 1660 and 1690 170 Chapter 5 Conscience, Character, the Prostitution of the Oath, and the Evolution of a Political Disposition 228 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 Commons Assembled in Parliament (June 9th, 1643)

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