Imagining Peace: A History of Early English Pacifist Ideas

by Ben Lowe

In this book Ben Lowe examines the developing language of peace in late medieval and Renaissance England. He challenges the popular assumption that this was simply an age of war during which ideas of peace exercised very little impact on society and government. He offers a close reading of English writers on peace, integrating this analysis with careful attention to the political context, particularly during times of war, when calls for peace were...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271016892
• ISBN13: 9780271016894
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"