History

Essaying Liberty in Hume’s “The History of England” in the Reign of Elizabeth

ABSTRACT

This conference used selections from Hume's Essays and the fourth volume in The History of England to focus on the role of religion and other historical factors in England's constitutional development during the reign of Elizabeth.

READING LIST

Conference Readings

Hume, David. Essays: Moral, Political, and Literary. Edited by Eugene F. Miller. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1985.

Hume, David. The History of England, Volume IV. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, Inc., LibertyClassics, 1983.