“...Much of Thomas Hobbes's work can be read as historical commentary, taking up questions in the philosophy of history and the rhetorical possibilities of written...”

“...Hobbes wrote his history of the English Civil War and revolution in the years that followed the restoration of Charles II - between 1662 and 1668, it seems,...”

“...The problem is generated because Hobbes often draws such a sharp line between knowledge of fact and knowledge of consequences that it is difficult to see if...”

“...This paper will be devoted to a work Hobbes should not have written, Historia Ecclesiastica. No aesthetic judgement is implied here: that would require...”

“...There is a powerful case for seeing the first phase of England's troubles between 1618 and 1648 as one theatre of the Thirty Years War.4 In this respect...”

“...We usually think of Hobbes's contract story as pseudo – not genuine – history.* His is a species of 'philosophical' contractarianism, oriented toward...”