Book contents
- The Rule of Manhood
- Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History
- The Rule of Manhood
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Emasculated Kingship
- Part II The Masculine Republic
- Chapter 5 John Milton, Marriage, and the Realisation of Republican Manhood
- Chapter 6 ‘Begin now to know themselves men, & to breath after liberty’
- Chapter 7 ‘So much power and piety in one’
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 6 - ‘Begin now to know themselves men, & to breath after liberty’
Marchamont Nedham and the Republican Empire
from Part II - The Masculine Republic
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 January 2021
- The Rule of Manhood
- Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History
- The Rule of Manhood
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Emasculated Kingship
- Part II The Masculine Republic
- Chapter 5 John Milton, Marriage, and the Realisation of Republican Manhood
- Chapter 6 ‘Begin now to know themselves men, & to breath after liberty’
- Chapter 7 ‘So much power and piety in one’
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
In April 1655, after months of expensive preparation, the Naseby launched from Woolwich bearing 1,000 tons of burden. The largest warship of the Commonwealth navy, the 80-gun Naseby signalled the significant optimism and ambitions of the Cromwellian Protectorate, and its designs to bring further kingdoms and dominions under the new state’s authority. The ship itself reflected the imperial moment of its creation through impressive carvings and a gilded figurehead which portrayed Oliver Cromwell upright on horseback, ‘trampling six nations under foot, a Scot, Irishman, Dutchman, Frenchman, Spaniard, and English, as was easily made out by their several habits’. The figure of Fame held a laurel over Cromwell’s head, with the inscription ‘God with us’.
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- The Rule of ManhoodTyranny, Gender, and Classical Republicanism in England, 1603–1660, pp. 274 - 309Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020