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Behemoth, or, The Long Parliament / Thomas Hobbes ; edited by Paul Seaward.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Hobbes, Thomas, Works ; v. 10.Publication details: Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2014Description: x, 426 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780198248712 (hardback : acidfree paper)
  • 9780198701651
Other title:
  • Behemoth
  • Long Parliament
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 941.06 HOB
Online resources:
Contents:
Table of Contents List of Abbreviations; List of Illustrations; General Introduction; Textual Introduction; 1. To the Right Honourable Sr. Henry Bennet Baron of Arlington; 2. First Dialogue; 3. Second Dialogue; 4. Third Dialogue; 5. Fourth Dialogue; Register of variants; Appendix: Readers' notes in early copies of Behemoth;
Review: "Behemoth is Thomas Hobbes's narrative of the English Civil Wars from the beginning of the Scottish revolution in 1637 to the Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660. It is his only composition to address directly the history of the events which formed the context of his writings in Leviathan and elsewhere on sovereignty and the government of the Church. Although presented as an account of past events, it conceals a vigorous attack on the values of the religious and political establishment of Restoration England. This is the first fully scholarly edition of the work, and the first new edition of the text since 1889. Based on Hobbes's own presentation manuscript, it includes for the first time an accurate transcription of the passages which Hobbes had deleted in the text, and notes made by early readers."--BOOK JACKET.
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Table of Contents
List of Abbreviations;
List of Illustrations;
General Introduction;
Textual Introduction;
1. To the Right Honourable Sr. Henry Bennet Baron of Arlington;
2. First Dialogue;
3. Second Dialogue;
4. Third Dialogue;
5. Fourth Dialogue;
Register of variants;
Appendix: Readers' notes in early copies of Behemoth;

"Behemoth is Thomas Hobbes's narrative of the English Civil Wars from the beginning of the Scottish revolution in 1637 to the Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660. It is his only composition to address directly the history of the events which formed the context of his writings in Leviathan and elsewhere on sovereignty and the government of the Church. Although presented as an account of past events, it conceals a vigorous attack on the values of the religious and political establishment of Restoration England. This is the first fully scholarly edition of the work, and the first new edition of the text since 1889. Based on Hobbes's own presentation manuscript, it includes for the first time an accurate transcription of the passages which Hobbes had deleted in the text, and notes made by early readers."--BOOK JACKET.