Jul 1, 2020 | 17th Century, Manuscript, North America, Transcription
London Locke’s 1698 Virginia Plan As a leading member of the Board of Trade after the Glorious Revolution in 1688, John Locke investigated and wrote a lengthy plan to reform Virginia laws and policies, including polices of governance and that related to slavery....
May 1, 2020 | 17th Century, Netherlands, Pamphlet, Transcription
An Exiles Writings John Locke – A Letter Concerning Toleration Writing on the matter of religious toleration, it may seem Locke was simply interested in advocating for the rights or liberties of religious minorities. Yet, during a time when monarchs asserted...
May 1, 2020 | 17th Century, England, Legal Case, Transcription
Rewriting slave law Chamberlain v. Harvey (1696) After the Glorious Revolution, the members of the convention parliament barred all of James II’s high court justices from serving, as they believed that his judges had enabled his absolutism via decisions such as...
May 1, 2020 | 17th Century, Book, England, Transcription
The JUDGEMENT OF LORD JEFFERYS The Bloody Assizes James II’s chief justice had a reputation for his brutal punishments. Following the unsuccessful rebellion by Lord Monmouth, Jefferys doled out punishments so harsh, and so indiscriminately, that his actions...
May 1, 2020 | 17th Century, Correspondence, England, Transcription
Finding the Enemy On the Appointment of John Locke To Christ Church College Having come under the watchful gaze of the monarchy, Locke became subject to the Crown’s strict surveillance and schemes. When he took up a position in Christ Church College, it was...
Apr 30, 2020 | 17th Century, Book, England, Transcription
Ch 4: Glorious revolutions? John LockeTwo Treatises of Government (1690) Perhaps Locke’s best-known writing, this work was a response to Sir Robert Filmer’s Patriarcha. It attacked the very basis of defenses of absolutist monarchies. Written in exile,...
