Fortescutus Illustratus


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Early English Books, 1641-1700


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The Book of Days


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Science, Religion, and Belief


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This fascinating study explores the interests and motivations that led fifty-three English clergymen to join the Royal Society of London between 1663 and 1687. An important contribution to a deeper understanding of science and religion in the Restoration period, this study contends that the doubts the Society raised about the certainty of human knowledge influenced these clergymen's understanding of the nature of belief and their defense of Christian mysteries like the Trinity and the Incarnation. By focusing on the ways they defined the term, 'belief', a correlation can be established between their stand on the problem of certainty and their success in answering critics of the mysteries of Christianity.










De Laudibus Legum Angliae


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Fortescue, Sir John. De Laudibus Legum Angliae. A Treatise in Commendation of the Laws of England. With Translation by Francis Gregor. Notes by Andrew Amos and a Life of the Author by Thomas (Fortescue) Lord Clermont. Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co., 1874. lxiv, 302 pp. Reprinted 1999 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 99-16485. ISBN 1-58477-019-8. Hardcover. * Written in 1470, De Laudibus was intended for the instruction of Edward, Prince of Wales. Written in the form of a dialogue, this book contains one of the earliest sketches of the English legal system. This is the first appearance of the modern edition, based on the 1825 Amos edition, which includes for the first time the life of the author by Lord Clermont, a direct descendant, as well as his corrected version of both the text and translation, these having appeared only in an 1869 privately published edition of Fortescue's works limited to 120 family copies.




The Governance of England


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Fourty Sermons


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The Difference Between an Absolute and Limited Monarchy


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Excerpt from The Difference Between an Absolute and Limited Monarchy: As It More Particularly Regards the English Constitution The Dedicmjz'om tron I'hed Obtain'd for him, I am perfuaded, he would not think amifs of my C011 du6t, 111 choofing the only one, who ever was, or is ever likely to be his Equal. Henry the Sixth, a good and piousrprince, obfervi11g the found Learhmg and great Abilities of 0111: Au 1hor, did him she Honour 12-0 Call him Tour Lord flfip' 5 High Station. And af, 1161 he had, with great Suffi cienoyiand 6111161 Integrity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.