Algernon Sidney, The Noble Republican

Irene Coltman Brown focusses on a staunch 17th-century republican prepared to die for his beliefs.

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  • Richard Ashcraft, 'Revolutionary Politics and Locke's Two Treatises on Government', Political Theory , November 1980
  • About the Author:

    Irene Coltman Brown is Acting Director of Studies at Toynbee Hall in East London.

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