Books in the The Cambridge History of Political Thought series

This 1992 book presents a comprehensive scholarly account, written by a highly distinguished team of contributors, of the development of European political thinking through the Renaissance and the reformation to the 'scientific revolution' and political upheavals of the seventeenth century.

A vital resource for students of the Enlightenment. The volume provides English translations - the first in nearly all cases - of varied and insightful discourses, dissertations, and dialogues elaborating Montesquieu's evolving thinking on a wide variety of topics, many of which will be new and crucial to readers of his more canonical works.

A vital resource for students of the Enlightenment. The volume provides English translations - the first in nearly all cases - of varied and insightful discourses, dissertations, and dialogues elaborating Montesquieu's evolving thinking on a wide variety of topics, many of which will be new and crucial to readers of his more canonical works.

This book, first published in 2000, is a comprehensive treatment of the political thought of ancient Greece and Rome, beginning with Homer and ending in late antiquity. Written by a team of distinguished scholars, this volume is an authoritative guide to Greek and Roman thinking about government and community.

This major work of academic reference, first published in 2003, provides a comprehensive overview of the development of political thought from the late nineteenth to the end of the twentieth century, and is the concluding volume (chronologically) in the acclaimed Cambridge History of Political Thought series.

This volume, first published in 1988, offers a comprehensive and authoritative account of the history of a complex and varied body of ideas over a period of more than a thousand years. A work of both synthesis and assessment, The Cambridge History of Medieval Political Thought presents the results of several decades of critical scholarship in the field.

This major work of academic reference provides a comprehensive overview of the development of political thought during the European Enlightenment. Written by a distinguished team of international contributors, this is the latest in a sequence of volumes now established as the principal reference source for the history of political thought.

This major work of academic reference, first published in 2003, provides a comprehensive overview of the development of political thought from the late nineteenth to the end of the twentieth century, and is the concluding volume (chronologically) in the acclaimed Cambridge History of Political Thought series.

This Cambridge History provides the first comprehensive survey of political thought in Europe, North America and Asia in the nineteenth century. Written by a distinguished team of international scholars, this is the latest in a sequence firmly established as the principal reference source for the history of political thought.