Shaftesbury's Aristocratic Empire

• Published in: Anthony Ashley Cooper, First Earl of Shaftesbury 1621-1683 pp. 101 - 125
• Main Author: Leng, Thomas
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: United Kingdom Routledge 2011; Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700; Superb; Young Man; TNA; Lay A Way; Providence Island; Denzil Holles; Royal Divorce; Secretaries Of State; Edward III; Osborn Shelves; MS 63057B; Ashley River; Rightful Council; William III; Royal Africa Company; George Savile; Poyning's Law; Plantations Council; John Culpeper; Public Administration; Conventicle Act; Charles II's England

This chapter considers how expanded England might have impacted on the aristocratic identity which shows to have been key to Shaftesbury's politics. It discusses the relationship between Shaftesbury's colonial and domestic political engagements. Shaftesbury's engagement with England&#...