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Chapter 3 - The Free State

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 October 2022

Markku Peltonen
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University of Helsinki
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Chapter 3 revisits the republicanism of the free state. Historians have disagreed about the extent and nature of republican thinking during the free state. Some historians have attached little importance to republicanism, claiming that it was inconspicuous, that ‘republican ideology played only a minor role’ and that it only properly emerged after the free state. Other historians have challenged such arguments and have accentuated the republican arguments in favour of the free state. Taking its cue from such historians, the chapter demonstrates that republican defences of the free state were loud and clear from the beginning of 1649 until 1652. It was repeatedly argued that only a free state could guarantee liberty. The chapter also points out the seriousness with which many royalists, Presbyterians and other enemies of the free state took its republicanism. They questioned every aspect of republicanism; for them, a free state was a disastrous form of state and, more importantly, the idea that it safeguarded liberty was a hollow sham.

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Print publication year: 2022

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  • The Free State
  • Markku Peltonen, University of Helsinki
  • Book: The Political Thought of the English Free State, 1649–1653
  • Online publication: 13 October 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009212090.004
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  • The Free State
  • Markku Peltonen, University of Helsinki
  • Book: The Political Thought of the English Free State, 1649–1653
  • Online publication: 13 October 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009212090.004
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  • The Free State
  • Markku Peltonen, University of Helsinki
  • Book: The Political Thought of the English Free State, 1649–1653
  • Online publication: 13 October 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009212090.004
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