Discourses concerning government, by Algernon Sidney. With his letter, trial, apology, and some memoirs of his life.
Entry/Object ID
JC153 .S5 1704, ELF
Description
Algernon Sidney's core beliefs consisted of limited government, the right to revolution, popular sovereignty and consent of the governed. The ideas that Sydney promotes in this book, Discourses Concerning Government, influenced the Glorious Revolution. His published book has since been recognized to be “The textbook of the American Revolution” as he firmly stood for the rights of citizens to abolish or alter their corrupt government.
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
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Book
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Other Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Monarchy
Search Terms
Political science, Republics, Filmer, Robert, -- Sir, d. 1653. -- Patriarcha -- dn, Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1660-1688
