PREVIEW: From a two-hour conversation later with Oxford history scholar Jonathan Healey, author of the new book, THE BLAZING WORLD, re the contest between the monarchy and the Parliament during the Stuarts. Parliament learned to defy (thanks to the eloque

PREVIEW: From a two-hour conversation later with Oxford history scholar Jonathan Healey, author of the new book, THE BLAZING WORLD, re the contest between the monarchy and the Parliament during the Stuarts. Parliament learned to defy (thanks to the eloquence of Edward Coke) the King on arbitrary arrests and imprisonment, on taxation without consent, on personnel.  Is this the origin of 'No taxation without representation?' Many of the arguments of the 17th Century in England will come back as guidelines for the late 18th Century dissenters in the colonies who are now regarded as the Founders. Here's Professor Healey to explain:

The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England, 1603-1689 Hardcover – Deckle Edge, April 11, 2023.  by  Jonathan Healey (Author)

https://www.amazon.com/Blazing-World-History-Revolutionary-1603-1689/dp/0593318358

1640 Virginia Colony