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- An Account of Denmark
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: Liberty Fund
- Series: The Thomas Hollis Library
summary
The Liberty Fund edition of An Account of Denmark, with its related texts, is the first modern edition of Molesworth’s writings. This volume presents not only An Account, a text that for most of the eighteenth century was recognized as one of the canonical works of Whiggism, but also his translation of Francogallia and Some Considerations for the Promoting of Agriculture and Employing the Poor. These texts encompass Molesworth’s major political statements on liberty as well as his important and understudied recommendations for the application of liberty to economic improvement, all presented here with editorial apparatus to provide historical and contextual background for the reader.In An Account of Denmark, "Robert Molesworth famously diagnosed the causes of a disordered commonwealth," writes Champion in the introduction. "Unlike the reception of Locke, Molesworth's writings provided insight into processes of corruption rather than simply a set of prescriptive juristic values. In the Account of Denmark, especially, Molesworth established how tyranny worked, identifying the contaminating ideologies and institutions."Robert Molesworth (1656–1725) was an Irish politician and diplomat.
Justin Champion is Chair of the History Department at Royal Holloway College, University of London.David Womersley is Thomas Warton Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. 2-5
- The Thomas Hollis Library
- pp. vii-viii
- Introduction
- pp. ix-xl
- Editorial Apparatus
- pp. xli-xlii
- Biographical Descriptions
- pp. xliii-xlviii
- Textual Policy
- pp. xlix-l
- List of Sources
- pp. li-lii
- Further Reading
- pp. liii-lv
- Acknowledgments
- pp. lvii-61
- An Account of Denmark
- pp. 1-63
- The Contents
- pp. 5-6
- The Preface
- pp. 7-25
- 3 Of the Sound
- pp. 35-40
- 4 Of the other Islands, and Jutland
- pp. 41-43
- 6 Of their Form of Government
- pp. 49-52
- 9 Of the Revenue
- pp. 76-89
- 10 Of the Army, Fleet, and Fortresses
- pp. 90-102
- 11 Of the Court
- pp. 103-121
- 15 Of the Laws, Courts of Justice, etc.
- pp. 143-150
- The Conclusion
- pp. 156-161
- The Preface to the Reader
- pp. 167-169
- The Translator's Preface
- pp. 171-190
- Index of the Chapters
- pp. 191-192
- The Author's Preface
- pp. 203-207
- 14 Of the Constable, and Peers of France
- pp. 285-289
- 21 Of the Juridical Parliaments in France
- pp. 317-324
- Loeb Classical Library
- pp. 359-360
Additional Information
ISBN
9781614878933
Related ISBN(s)
9780865978041
MARC Record
OCLC
849937218
Pages
450
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No