Offers a radical reappraisal of the character of moral and political theory in early modern England through an exploration of pervasive arguments about office. ... » 

Offers a radical reappraisal of the character of moral and political theory in early modern England through an exploration of pervasive arguments about office. In this context the author explores the significance of oath-taking and three of the major crises around oaths and offices in the seventeenth century. «