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Andrew Fletcher: Political Works

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Edited by
John Robertson
, St Hugh's College, Oxford
Published 1997

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Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun (1653–1716) was one of the most acute observers of the European political order of his time, and an important forerunner of the Scottish Enlightenment. Famous in his own day and since for his patriotic opposition to the Anglo-Scottish Union of 1707, Fletcher was an admirer of the ancients and a student of Machiavelli, who would adapt Machiavelli's strictly political concepts of a world increasingly shaped by commerce. His works address the fate of small nations dominated…

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Key features

  • First complete modern edition of political works of major Scottish thinker
  • Massive relevance to current Devolution debate: Andrew Marr (Independent, July 1997) proposed erection of statue to Fletcher outside new Scottish parliament!
  • Notes on text will make readers aware of the range of Fletcher's references and the sharpness of his observation
  • Editor's introduction drawing on new research into Fletcher's life to reveal the full extent of his interests

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