The British Union [electronic resource] : a critical edition and translation of David Hume of Godscroft's De unione Insulae Britannicae / edited and translated by Paul J. McGinnis and Arthur H. Williamson
- Author
- Hume, David, 1560?-1630?
- Uniform Title
- De unione Insulae Britannicae. English & Latin
- Published
- Aldershot, Hants ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2002.
- Physical Description
- xv, 333 p. ; 25 cm.
- Additional Creators
- McGinnis, Paul J. and Williamson, Arthur H.
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- Series
- Language Note
- Text in Latin and English with introduction and notes in English.
- Restrictions on Access
- License restrictions may limit access.
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: Introduction 1 -- a. The Scottish Commonwealth: -- From George Buchanan to David Hume 1 -- b. Britain's Lost Renaissance: -- From Citizen to Subject 24 -- c. David Hume and Radical Britain 35 -- d. The De unione and its Fate 47 -- Tractatus Primus 55 -- Tractatus Secundus 135 -- Andreas Melvinus Davidi Humio/Andrew Melville to David Hume 136 -- Ad Lectorem/To the Reader 140 -- Chapter 1: Argumentum/The Argument: The Bonds of Union 142 -- Chapter 2, Title 1: Nomen/The Name: Britannia 154 -- Chapter 3, Title 2: Symbolum et Insignia/Emblems and Insignia 162 -- Chapter 4, Title 3: Foedera et Edicta/Treaties and Ordinances 172 -- Chapter 5, Title 4: Concilia/The Councils 176 -- Chapter 6, Title 5: Comitia/Parliament 184 -- Chapter 7, Title 6: Officia/Offices 192 -- Chapter 8, Title 7: Moneta/Currency 196 -- Chapter 9, Title 8: Commercium/Commerce 198 -- Chapter 10, Title 9: Judicia et Leges/Laws and the Courts 200 -- Chapter 11, Title 10: Immunitates et Privilegia/ -- Immunities and Privileges 206 -- Chapter 12, Title 11: Conversatio/Association 208 -- Chapter 12, Title 12: Exhortatio/Exhortation 210 -- Chapter 12, Title 13: Connubia ac Matrimonia/Marriage 212 -- Chapter 12, Title 14: Liberorum Educatio, et Scholae/Education 214 -- Chapter 12, Title 15: Coloniae/Colonies 216 -- Chapter 13, Title 16: Relligio/Religion 224 -- Chapter 14, Title 17: Sacramentum/The Oath 250 -- Chapter 15, Title 18: Equites/A British Order of Knighthood 252 -- Chapter 16, Title 19: Visitatio Triennalis/Triennial Visitations 256 -- Chapter 17, Title 20: Societas/Society 260 -- Chapter 18, Title 21: Preces/Prayers for Britain 278 -- Chapter 19: Argumentumn: Totius Tractatus Summa/ -- The Summary of the Argument 284 -- Chapter 20: Argumentum: Excusatio omissorum./ -- The Argument: An apologia for the omissions and faults, and -- for matters on which the author has spent too little time 304.
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- ISBN
- 0754603407 (alk. paper)
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-328) and index.
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