A Freeborn People Politics & the Nation in Seventeenth-Century England by Underdown, David

Oxford: Clarenden Press / Oxford University Press, 1996. A beautiful, pristine copy -- bright, shiny, clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Sharp corners. Obviously never read. Not a book club edition. No owner's name or bookplate. From the Dust Jacket: "A FREEBORN PEOPLE is a provocative exploration of the ways in which the political cultures of the elite and of common people intersected during the seventeenth century. David Underdown shows that the two worlds were not as separate as historians have often thought them to be; English men and women of all social levels had similar expectations about good government and about the traditional liberties available to them under the 'Ancient Constitution.' Throughout the century, both levels of politics were also powerfully influenced by prevailing assumptions about gender roles, and, especially in the years before the civil wars, by fears that the country was threatened by evil forces of satanic inversion. This dramatic… Read More

Oxford University Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 1996. Hardcover. 0198206127 . ; Book is brand new and has never been cracked open. Dust jacket has very light shelf rubbing. DJ protected by a clear, acid-free mylar cover to preserve the DJ and add luster to magnify its beauty. (If pictured, shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of it's condition. ) ; 8.6 X 5.7 X 0.9 inches; 192 pages .