"A Lawful Alarme against ye Prynce": Gabriel Harvey and Vindiciae contra Tyrannos

A book discovered recently in the National Library of Wales includes Gabriel Harvey's annotations of Vindiciae contra Tyrannos. The title page of this volume calls Vindiciae a rebuttal of Machiavelli's Prince, with which it is bound. It is in fact a critique of the institution of monarchy...

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English
Epic literature
Essays
Government Libraries
Harvey, Gabriel (1550?-1631)
Lost works
Marginalia
Nash, Thomas (1567-1601)
National libraries
Poetry
Political power
Protestants
Reading
Reading Habits
Translation
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