The reformation of rights: law, religion, and human rights in early modern Calvinism
Cambridge ; New York
Cambridge University Press
Includes bibliographical references )p. 345-368( and indexes
John Witte, Jr
Introduction -- Moderate )religious( liberty in the theology of John Calvin : the original Genevan experiment -- The duties of conscience and the free exercise of Christian liberty : Theodore Beza and the rise of Calvinist rights and resistance theory -- Natural rights, popular sovereignty, and covenant politics : Johannes Althusius and the Dutch Revolt and republic -- Prophets, priests, and kings of liberty : John Milton and the rights and liberties of all Englishmen -- How to govern a city on a hill: covenant liberty in Puritan New England -- Concluding reflections : the biology and biography of liberty