In this volume, a distinguished international group of scholars examines the idea of the 'monarchical republic' from the 1530s to the 1640s, and tests the concept from a variety of points of view.

Contents: Introduction, John F. McDiarmid; The 2 republics: conflicting views of participatory local government in early Tudor England, Ethan H. Shagan; Sir William Cecil, Sir Thomas Smith, and the monarchical republic of Tudor England, Dale Hoak; Common consent, latinitas and the 'monarchical republic' in mid-Tudor humanism, John F. McDiarmid; The political creed of William Cecil, Stephen Alford; 'Let none such office take, save he that can for right his prince forsake': A Mirror for Magistrates, resistance theory and the Elizabethan monarchical republic, Scott Lucas; Rhetoric and citizenship in the monarchical republic of Queen Elizabeth I, Markku Peltonen; The monarchical republic of Queen Elizabeth I (and the fall of Archbishop Grindal) revisited, Peter Lake; The political significance of the 1st tetralogy, Andrew Hadfield; Challenging the monarchical republic: James I's articulation of kingship, Anne McLaren; Reading for magistracy: the mental world of Sir John Newdigate, Richard Cust; English and Roman liberty in the monarchical republic of early Stuart England, Johann P. Sommerville; American corruption, Andrew Fitzmaurice; The monarchical republic enthroned, Quentin Skinner; Afterword, Patrick Collinson; Bibliography; Index.