Citizenship and Exile: English Republicanism in a Transnational Context

This article assesses the language and actions employed by English republicans in European exile during the 1660s and 1670s to conceptualise their transnational political and religious identity, their sense of citizenship, and their relationship to their home country. It argues that the republican e...

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Main Author: Gaby Mahlberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre de Recherche et d'Etudes en Civilisation Britannique 2016-07-01
Series:Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/rfcb/787
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spellingShingle Gaby Mahlberg
Citizenship and Exile: English Republicanism in a Transnational Context
Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique
citizenship
republicanism
exile
seventeenth century
title Citizenship and Exile: English Republicanism in a Transnational Context
title_full Citizenship and Exile: English Republicanism in a Transnational Context
title_fullStr Citizenship and Exile: English Republicanism in a Transnational Context
title_full_unstemmed Citizenship and Exile: English Republicanism in a Transnational Context
title_short Citizenship and Exile: English Republicanism in a Transnational Context
title_sort citizenship and exile english republicanism in a transnational context
topic citizenship
republicanism
exile
seventeenth century
url http://journals.openedition.org/rfcb/787
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