John Streater and the Saxon republic

Walsh, Ashley ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6480-1523 2018. John Streater and the Saxon republic. History of Political Thought 39 (1) , pp. 57-82.

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Abstract

John Streater syncretized republicanism and ancient constitutionalism in order to generate ideas of Saxon republicanism for the Commonwealth of England. His intellectual resources were developed during his service in the New Model Army and in proximity to the Leveller John Lilburne. He published James Harrington's The Commonwealth of Oceana in 1656 and, although Streater disagreed with Harrington's claim that the ancient constitution was moribund, he engaged sympathetically with Harrington's republicanism. Streater’s career as printer and republican pamphleteer, which resulted in distinctly anti-Protectorate and populist publications, represented an attempt to inculcate Saxon republicanism among London’s artisan-citizens using the printing press.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	History, Archaeology and Religion
Publisher:	Imprint Academic
ISSN:	0143-781X
Last Modified:	26 Oct 2022 08:11
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/126842

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