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The Freedom Of Obedience: The Political Thought Of William Tyndale, Bernard Emile La Berge
The Freedom Of Obedience: The Political Thought Of William Tyndale, Bernard Emile La Berge
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This dissertation investigates the political thought of William Tyndale and its relationship to other important expressions of political thought during the English Reformation. The first three chapters are devoted to a detailed analysis of certain aspects of Tyndale's political thought: his discussion of the origin and nature of authority; his theory of law in its political sense; and his consideration of the problem of church and state. The four remaining chapters of this dissertation clarify the relationship of Tyndale's political thought to the revival of Lollardy; to the thought of one Henrician apologist; to the intellectual current of Renaissance humanism …
The Influence Of William Godwin On The Novels Of Mary Shelley, Katherine Richardson Powers
The Influence Of William Godwin On The Novels Of Mary Shelley, Katherine Richardson Powers
Doctoral Dissertations
The past few decades have seen a revival of interest in the social philosophy of William Godwin and a revaluation of his works. Although Godwin has been viewed as a powerful influence on the works of Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Shelley, little notice has been taken of his influence on the work of his daughter, Mary Shelley. It has, on the contrary, been popular to attribute Mary's Frankenstein to the influence of her husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley. Many critics have recognized a close connection between the works of Godwin and Mary, but the comments are limited and general; and most studies …