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Key Documents of Liberty: 17th Century England

This collection of Key Documents of Liberty document the struggle to create free institutions from the ancient world to the modern. It is part of a series of Reading Lists which will include:

• Key Documents of Liberty: The Ancient and Medieval Periods
• Key Documents of Liberty: 17th Century England
• Key Documents of Liberty: 17th Century North America
• Key Documents of Liberty: 18th Century America

For further reading see;

• Joyce Lee Malcom, The Struggle for Sovereignty: Seventeenth-Century English Political Tracts, 2 vols, ed. Joyce Lee Malcolm (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1999).
• The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002).
• The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625-1660, selected and edited by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1906).
• Puritanism and Liberty, being the Army Debates (1647-9) from the Clarke Manuscripts with Supplementary Documents, selected and edited with an Introduction A.S.P. Woodhouse, foreword by A.D. Lindsay (University of Chicago Press, 1951).
• Francis Lieber, On Civil Liberty and Self-Government, 3rd revised edition, ed. Theodore D. Woolsey (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1883).
• James McClellan, Liberty, Order, and Justice: An Introduction to the Constitutional Principles of American Government (3rd ed.) (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2000).

• 1602: Edward Coke, The Second Part of the Reports

  Joyce Lee Malcom, The Struggle for Sovereignty: Seventeenth-Century English Political Tracts, 2 vols, ed. Joyce Lee Malcolm (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1999). Vol. 1. Chapter: Edward Coke, The Second Part of the Reports

  Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/810/164699 on 2010-02-05

  The copyright to this edition, in both print and electronic forms, is held by Liberty Fund, Inc.

• 1628: Petition of Right

  Bruce Frohnen, The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002). Chapter: Petition of Right 1628

  Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/669/206109 on 2010-02-05

  The copyright to this edition, in both print and electronic forms, is held by Liberty Fund, Inc.

• 1640/41: The Triennial Act

  Samuel Rawson Gardiner, The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625-1660, selected and edited by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1906). Chapter: 27.: The Triennial Act.

  Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/1434/194234 on 2010-02-05

  The text is in the public domain.

• 1641: The Act for the Abolition of the Court of Star Chamber

  Samuel Rawson Gardiner, The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625-1660, selected and edited by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1906). Chapter: 34.: The Act for the Abolition of the Court of Star Chamber.

  Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/1434/194248 on 2010-02-05

  The text is in the public domain.

• 1641: The Tonnage and Poundage Act

  Samuel Rawson Gardiner, The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625-1660, selected and edited by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1906). Chapter: 31.: The Tonnage and Poundage Act.

  Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/1434/194242 on 2010-02-05

  The text is in the public domain.

• 1641: The Act for the Abolition of the Court of High Commission

  Samuel Rawson Gardiner, The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625-1660, selected and edited by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1906). Chapter: 35.: The Act for the Abolition of the Court of High Commission.

  Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/1434/194250 on 2010-02-05

  The text is in the public domain.

• 1642: Charles I, XIX Propositions Made by Parliament

  Joyce Lee Malcom, The Struggle for Sovereignty: Seventeenth-Century English Political Tracts, 2 vols, ed. Joyce Lee Malcolm (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1999). Vol. 1. Chapter: Charles I, XIX Propositions Made by Parliament

  Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/810/164708 on 2010-02-05

  The copyright to this edition, in both print and electronic forms, is held by Liberty Fund, Inc.

• 1647: The Putney Debates

  Arthur Sutherland Pigott Woodhouse, Puritanism and Liberty, being the Army Debates (1647-9) from the Clarke Manuscripts with Supplementary Documents, selected and edited with an Introduction A.S.P. Woodhouse, foreword by A.D. Lindsay (University of Chicago Press, 1951). Chapter: PART I.: THE PUTNEY DEBATES

  Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/2183/201028 on 2010-02-05

  The text is in the public domain.

• 1647: The Agreement of the People, as presented to the Council of the Army

  Samuel Rawson Gardiner, The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625-1660, selected and edited by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1906). Chapter: 74.: The Agreement of the People, as presented to the Council of the Army.

  Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/1434/194338 on 2010-02-05

  The text is in the public domain.

• 1648/49: The Agreement of the People

  Samuel Rawson Gardiner, The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625-1660, selected and edited by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1906). Chapter: 81.: The Agreement of the People.

  Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/1434/194364 on 2010-02-05

  The text is in the public domain.

• 1649: William Ball, Constitutio Liberi Populi

  Joyce Lee Malcom, The Struggle for Sovereignty: Seventeenth-Century English Political Tracts, 2 vols, ed. Joyce Lee Malcolm (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1999). Vol. 1. Chapter: William Ball, Constitutio Liberi Populi

  Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/810/164721 on 2010-02-05

  The copyright to this edition, in both print and electronic forms, is held by Liberty Fund, Inc.

• 1649: Francis Rous, The Lawfulnes of Obeying the Present Government

  Joyce Lee Malcom, The Struggle for Sovereignty: Seventeenth-Century English Political Tracts, 2 vols, ed. Joyce Lee Malcolm (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1999). Vol. 1. Chapter: Francis Rous, The Lawfulnes of Obeying the Present Government

  Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/810/164728 on 2010-02-05

  The copyright to this edition, in both print and electronic forms, is held by Liberty Fund, Inc.

• 1649: A Declaration of the Parliament of England

  Joyce Lee Malcom, The Struggle for Sovereignty: Seventeenth-Century English Political Tracts, 2 vols, ed. Joyce Lee Malcolm (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1999). Vol. 1. Chapter: Parliament, A Declaration of the Parliament of England

  Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/810/164726 on 2010-02-05

  The copyright to this edition, in both print and electronic forms, is held by Liberty Fund, Inc.

• 1658: Sir Edward Coke, Prohibitions del Roy

  Joyce Lee Malcom, The Struggle for Sovereignty: Seventeenth-Century English Political Tracts, 2 vols, ed. Joyce Lee Malcolm (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1999). Vol. 1. Chapter: Sir Edward Coke, The Twelfth part of the Reports

  Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/810/164700 on 2010-02-05

  The copyright to this edition, in both print and electronic forms, is held by Liberty Fund, Inc.

• 1660: John Milton, A Free Commonwealth

  John Milton, The Ready and Easy Way to Establish a Free Commonwealth, edited with Introduction, Notes, and Glossary by Evert Mordecai Clark (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1915). Chapter: THE READY AND EASY WAY TO ESTABLISH A FREE COMMONWEALTH

  Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/272/41738 on 2010-02-05

  The text is in the public domain.

• 1675: Earl of Shaftesbury, Two Speeches in Parliament

  Joyce Lee Malcom, The Struggle for Sovereignty: Seventeenth-Century English Political Tracts, 2 vols, ed. Joyce Lee Malcolm (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1999). Vol. 2. Chapter: Earl of Shaftesbury, Two Speeches

  Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/1824/164750 on 2010-02-05

  The copyright to this edition, in both print and electronic forms, is held by Liberty Fund, Inc.

• 1675: Earl of Shaftesbury, A Letter from a Person of Quality

  Joyce Lee Malcom, The Struggle for Sovereignty: Seventeenth-Century English Political Tracts, 2 vols, ed. Joyce Lee Malcolm (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1999). Vol. 2. Chapter: Earl of Shaftesbury, A Letter from a Person of Quality

  Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/1824/164753 on 2010-02-05

  The copyright to this edition, in both print and electronic forms, is held by Liberty Fund, Inc.

• 1679: The Habeas Corpus Act

  Francis Lieber, On Civil Liberty and Self-Government, 3rd revised edition, ed. Theodore D. Woolsey (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1883). Chapter: APPENDIX VI.: an act for the better securing the liberty of the subject, and for prevention of imprisonments beyond the seas, commonly called “the habeas corpus act.” 1

  Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/1943/120098 on 2010-02-05

  The text is in the public domain.

• 1689: The English Bill of Rights

  James McClellan, Liberty, Order, and Justice: An Introduction to the Constitutional Principles of American Government (3rd ed.) (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2000). Chapter: APPENDIX C: The English Bill of Rights (1689) AN ACT FOR DECLARING THE RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES OF THE SUBJECT, AND SETTLING THE SUCCESSION OF THE CROWN.

  Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/679/68363 on 2010-02-05

  The copyright to this edition, in both print and electronic forms, is held by Liberty Fund, Inc.

• 1692: Shower, Reasons for a New Bill of Rights

  Source: The Struggle for Sovereignty: Seventeenth-Century English Political Tracts, 2 vols, ed. Joyce Lee Malcolm (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1999). Vol. 2.

  Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1031&Itemid=264 on 2010/1/5