Benjamin Woodford
Biographic Data
| ID | 2086843 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Benjamin Woodford |
| GIVEN NAMES | Benjamin |
| FAMILY NAME | Woodford |
| SIGNATURE | WOODFORD B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Waterloo |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5907-5264 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Free Expression and Coerced Choice
Scholarly approaches to understanding freedom in Milton's prose tend to connect Milton's ideas to either liberalism or republicanism. Neither of these approaches is sufficient because freedom, for Milton, was not a single concept. Milton explored political and religious freedom very differently. Rather than focus on an abstract definition of freedom, Milton's prose tracts address practical policies for bringing about the conditions necessary for …
Adapting a text and ideology
The right we have to our owne bodies, goods, and liberties
Scholars have long recognized the importance of liberty in Milton's early prose, but they tend to center their analysis on republicanism. Although he would go on to express republicanism, Milton's early tracts tie liberty to English political and legal traditions rather than classical ones. Milton, in his early tracts, utilizes the language of the ancient constitution and the common law as he centers liberty on the property and bodies of English …
The freedom dilemma
Much scholarship on the separation scene in Paradise Lost focuses on whether or not Adam could have acted differently to prevent Eve from working alone. The separation scene, however, is impossible to resolve. Through this scene, Milton traces the origin of his own struggle to reconcile the principles of political freedom. In Brief Notes upon a late Sermon , Milton faces the reality that his own principles cannot be reconciled. The separation sce…
From Tyrant to Unfit Monarch
Marchamont N edham was one of the most significant E nglish journalists of the seventeenth century. During the Interregnum, his newspaper M ercurius P oliticus routinely printed stories of exiled royalists and their leader C harles S tuart. Although the topic of royalists was consistent throughout the 1650s, the royal image in P oliticus was not. In the early 1650s, N edham described C harles S tuart as a tyrant and enemy of freedom, while after …
The Army in Cromwellian England
"The Army in Cromwellian England: 1649–1660, by Henry Reece." Canadian Journal of History, 49(3), pp. 499–500
English Presbyterianism, 1590–1640
This book offers an alternative interpretation of pre-Civil War England, challenging the standard narrative that English presbyterianism was successfully extinguished from the late sixteenth century until its prominent public resurgence during the English Civil War. From their emergence in the 1570s, English presbyterians posed a threat to the Church of England, and, in 1592, the English crown arrested the leaders of the presbyterian movement. Ha…
Printing Oliver Cromwell's Speeches
Oliver Cromwell's speeches are used frequently by historians of the interregnum, yet all current printed editions of the speeches have significant problems. They fail to consider the variations in different versions of each of the speeches and they consequently ignore the complexity of the sources. Each speech exists in more than one early version and each source has a provenance which is often difficult to determine. Additionally, no two version…
From Tyrant to Unfit Monarch
Marchamont N edham was one of the most significant E nglish journalists of the seventeenth century. During the Interregnum, his newspaper M ercurius P oliticus routinely printed stories of exiled royalists and their leader C harles S tuart. Although the topic of royalists was consistent throughout the 1650s, the royal image in P oliticus was not. In the early 1650s, N edham described C harles S tuart as a tyrant and enemy of freedom, while after …
English Presbyterianism, 1590–1640
This book offers an alternative interpretation of pre-Civil War England, challenging the standard narrative that English presbyterianism was successfully extinguished from the late sixteenth century until its prominent public resurgence during the English Civil War. From their emergence in the 1570s, English presbyterians posed a threat to the Church of England, and, in 1592, the English crown arrested the leaders of the presbyterian movement. Ha…
Printing Oliver Cromwell's Speeches
Oliver Cromwell's speeches are used frequently by historians of the interregnum, yet all current printed editions of the speeches have significant problems. They fail to consider the variations in different versions of each of the speeches and they consequently ignore the complexity of the sources. Each speech exists in more than one early version and each source has a provenance which is often difficult to determine. Additionally, no two version…
The Army in Cromwellian England
"The Army in Cromwellian England: 1649–1660, by Henry Reece." Canadian Journal of History, 49(3), pp. 499–500
From Tyrant to Unfit Monarch
Marchamont N edham was one of the most significant E nglish journalists of the seventeenth century. During the Interregnum, his newspaper M ercurius P oliticus routinely printed stories of exiled royalists and their leader C harles S tuart. Although the topic of royalists was consistent throughout the 1650s, the royal image in P oliticus was not. In the early 1650s, N edham described C harles S tuart as a tyrant and enemy of freedom, while after …
The freedom dilemma
Much scholarship on the separation scene in Paradise Lost focuses on whether or not Adam could have acted differently to prevent Eve from working alone. The separation scene, however, is impossible to resolve. Through this scene, Milton traces the origin of his own struggle to reconcile the principles of political freedom. In Brief Notes upon a late Sermon , Milton faces the reality that his own principles cannot be reconciled. The separation sce…
The right we have to our owne bodies, goods, and liberties
Scholars have long recognized the importance of liberty in Milton's early prose, but they tend to center their analysis on republicanism. Although he would go on to express republicanism, Milton's early tracts tie liberty to English political and legal traditions rather than classical ones. Milton, in his early tracts, utilizes the language of the ancient constitution and the common law as he centers liberty on the property and bodies of English …
Adapting a text and ideology
Free Expression and Coerced Choice
Scholarly approaches to understanding freedom in Milton's prose tend to connect Milton's ideas to either liberalism or republicanism. Neither of these approaches is sufficient because freedom, for Milton, was not a single concept. Milton explored political and religious freedom very differently. Rather than focus on an abstract definition of freedom, Milton's prose tracts address practical policies for bringing about the conditions necessary for …
Politics (7 works) · History (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Art (5 works) · Literature (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Historical Studies of British Isles (3 works)