Download or read book The Politics of the Ancient Constitution written by Glenn Burgess and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining the political ideas of common lawyers in early Stuart England and including surveys of the ideas of Sir Edward Coke and John Selden, the book interprets the lawyer's theory of ancient constitution and on this basis it provides an interpretation of the basic structure of thought and ideology in pre-Civil War England. In this way the book is able to make a contribution to debates over the ideological origins of the English Revolution.