SIDNEY, ALGERNON

1622–83, English politician; son of Robert Sidney, earl of Leicester. He served in the parliamentary forces during the English civil war and was a member (1652–53) of the council of state of the Commonwealth, but he opposed the dictatorial rule of Oliver Cromwell. Reappointed (1659) to the council of state, he was abroad at the time of the Restoration (1660) and remained there until 1677, when he returned to England to attend to personal affairs. He soon became associated with the opposition to Charles II, joining Lord William Russell and others in negotiations with French agents and in vague plots for an insurrection, perhaps to place the duke of Monmouth on the throne. His implication in these conspiracies was discovered by the exposure of the Rye House Plot. After a brutal and arbitrary trial by Judge Jeffreys, Sidney was convicted of treason and executed. Sidney's liberal ideals were set forth in his Discourses Concerning Government (1698), a treatise that had great influence on 18th-century political thought, especially in the American colonies.

See biography by A. C. Ewald (2 vol., 1873); J. Scott, Algernon Sidney and the English Republic 1623–1677 (1988).

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books on: Sidney Algernon  - 812 results

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Algernon Charles Swinburne: Bibliography of Secondary Works, 1861-1980
Book by Algernon Charles Swinburne, Kirk H. Beetz; Scarecrow Press, 1982
Subjects: Swinburne, Algernon Charles--1837-1909--Bibliography
...shame entombed in a shameful grave. If death and not life were the portal That opens on life at the last, If the spirit of Sidney were mortal And the past of it utterly past, Fear stronger than honour was ever, Forgetfulness mightier than fame, Faith...
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The Life of Algernon Charles Swinburne
Book by Edmund Gosse; The Macmillan company, 1917
Subjects: Swinburne, Algernon Charles--1837-1909
...supreme, a leviathan. In a fine sonnet dedicatory to Victor Hugo, originally written, as appears from a letter to Mr. now Sir Sidney Colvin, on the 17th of January 1873, but afterwards much revised, Swinburne points out that over the scenes of Bothwell...
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Writing after Sidney: The Literary Response to Sir Philip Sidney, 1586-1640
Book by Gavin Alexander; Oxford University Press, 2006
Subjects: English Literature--Early Modern, 1500-1700--History And Criticism, Literature And Society--England--History--16th Century, Sidney, Philip--Sir--1554-1586--Criticism And Interpretation
...8 Shrewsbury School 134, 149, 163 n.55, 223 Sidney, Algernon 336 Sidney, Barbara (Gamage), Countess of Leicester 151, 152, 179-80, 189, 286,288,289 Sidney, Lady Dorothy, see Spencer, Dorothy (Sidney...
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Letters of Sidney Hook: Democracy, Communism, and the Cold War
Book by Edward S. Shapiro; M. E. Sharpe, 1995
Subjects: Cold War, Communism, Democracy, Hook, Sidney--1902---Correspondence, Socialism
Birkhead, Rev. Leon M., 126 Black, Algernon D., 120 Black, Hugo L., 243 , 331 Black Panthers, 298 Blacks, 128 , 201 , 213 , 319 Blanding, Sarah Gibson, 123 , 134...
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Sidney: The Critical Heritage
Book by Martin Garrett; Routledge, 1996
...14 Shirley, James 22 , 23 , 237-41 , 338 Shuckburgh, Evelyn S. quoted 62 Sidney, Algernon 48 , 54 Sidneys , 303 , 325 Sidney, Lady Dorothy Sacharissa 227 Sidney, Elizabeth see Rutland Sidney, Sir Henry 87 , 112 , 114 , 344 Sidney, Mary...
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journal articles on: Sidney Algernon  - 60 results

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Algernon Sidney Crapsey and the Move for Presentment
Journal article by Stephen Todd Neese; Anglican and Episcopal History, Vol. 70, 2001
Subjects: Clergy, Crapsey, Algernon Sidney (1847-1927), Episcopal churches, Heresy, Religious history
Algernon Sidney Crapsey and the Move for Presentment by Stephen Todd Neese Algernon Sidney Crapseys trial for heresy stood out...dissertation by this author entitled, Algernon Sidney Crapsey: The Last of the Heretics...
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"Bastard Children of Tyranny": The Ancient Constitution and Fulke Greville's A Dedication to Sir Philip Sidney *
Journal article by Peter C. Herman; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 55, 2002
Subjects: A Dedication to Sir Philip Sidney (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, Attorneys as authors--Criticism and interpretation, Authors, Blacklisting, Books--Criticism and interpretation, Greville, Fulke, Baron Brooke--Criticism and interpretation, Lawyers--Criticism and interpretation, Monarchs, Nobility, Peerage, Physicians, Physicians as authors, Prisoners, Prisoners as authors, Sidney, Philip, Sir--Portrayals, Writers--Criticism and interpretation
...the eldest child of Robert Sidney and sister of Algernon, (81) presumably she would...brothers, Philip Lord Lisle and Algernon Sidney... took up arms for the...Scott, Jonathan. 1988. Algernon Sidney and the English Republic...
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The "Mannes State" of Philip Sidney: Pre-Scripting the Life of the Poet in England
Journal article by Kevin Pask; Criticism, Vol. 36, 1994
Subjects: English literature--Social aspects, Masculinity--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Narration (Rhetoric)--Social aspects, Sidney, Philip--Portrayals, depictions, etc.
The "mannes state" of Philip Sidney: pre-scripting the life of the poet in England. by Kevin Pask Philip Sidney was the first English poet to be widely...Grevilles The Life of the Renowned Sir Philip Sidney (1652). It was not, however, the...
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Swinburne
Journal article by Margot K. Louis; Victorian Poetry, Vol. 40, 2002
Subjects: Authors, English--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Poets--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Swinburne, Algernon Charles--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...Spring 2001: 99-100), "Aestheticisms Development": Algernon Swinburne first saw the flame burn; Walter Pater caught on...Shakespeare, with Annotation and a General introduction by Sidney Lee, 1907) with Three Plays of Shakespeare (1909); there...
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Castigating Livy: The Rape of Lucretia and 'The Old Arcadia.'
Journal article by Debora Shuger; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 51, 1998
Subjects: Harvey, Gabriel--Criticism, interpretation, etc., History of Rome (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Livy--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Rome (Ancient)--History, Sidney, Philip--Criticism, interpretation, etc., The Old Arcadia (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...abductions.(19) But if Sidney inverts the political...Norbrook observes that ``Sidney dearly expects his readers...from Sir Philip to Algernon, consistently supported...22 Ibid., 101. 23 Algernon Sidney, "Court Maxims...
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magazine articles on: Sidney Algernon  - 16 results

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Forgotten Influences on the Founders: The Founding Fathers' Success at Designing a Republic with Safeguards to Prevent Citizens' Loss of Liberty and to Prevent Federal Despotism Was the Result of Others' Insights
Magazine article by Ii Joe Wolverton; The New American, Vol. 26, January 4, 2010
Subjects: Burlamaqui, Jean Jacques--Appreciation, Burlamaqui, Jean Jacques--Works, Pufendorf, Samuel Freiherr von--Appreciation, Pufendorf, Samuel Freiherr von--Works, Sidney, Algernon--Appreciation, Sidney, Algernon--Works, United States history, de Vattel, Emmerich--Appreciation, de Vattel, Emmerich--Works
...Their names are (in order of their birth): Algernon Sidney, Samuel von Pufendorf, Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui...nation. The first subject of this brief survey is Algernon Sidney. Algernon Sidney Algernon Sidney (1623-1683) was the...
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Penshurst Place, Kent
Magazine article by Richard Cavendish; History Today, Vol. 47, October 1997
Subjects: Historic buildings--England, Kent, England--Historic sites
...Leicester Square its name. His sons, Philip Sidney (1619-98), the future 3rd earl, and Algernon Sidney (1622-83) were zealots for Parliament...George Devey to rebuild more of the house. Algernon Sidney (1854-1945), the 4th baron, was...
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'A Universal Place of Study
Magazine article by J.E. Morpurgo; History Today, Vol. 43, February 1993
Subjects: College of William and Mary--History, Universities and colleges--History, Virginia--Schools
...in the British Isles. (No taxation without representation.) They saw themselves as the true heirs to Cromwell, Algernon Sidney, John Locke and the instigators of the Glorious Revolution and, when it became apparent that no British Government...
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Roger Morrice and His Entring Book: Mark Goldie Reveals Some Vivid Insights into London Life before and during the Glorious Revolution, from a Little-Known Contemporary of Pepys
Magazine article by Mark Goldie; History Today, Vol. 51, November 2001
Subjects: Books--Reviews, Entring Book (Book)--Reviews
...a Tory assault on Whigs and Dissenters, accused of sedition and treason. Lord William Russell and the republican Algernon Sidney were executed in 1683, and two years later the Monmouth rebels faced Judge Jeffreys `Bloody Assize. Much of the...
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Remembering Conrad Russell: Benedict King Pays Personal Tribute to a Great Historian and Teacher
Magazine article by Benedict King; History Today, Vol. 55, January 2005
Subjects: Russell, Conrad (historian)--Appreciation
...beneficiaries. He was referring to his ancestor, the celebrated Whig martyr William, Lord Russell: executed, along with Algernon Sidney, for treason under Charles II--but whose attainder was later reversed by William III. When I was assigned Conrad...
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Fence Post
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), June 23, 2004
...but it is still human. History is full of holocausts where one group decided another group was not fully human. Algernon Sidney wrote, "Those who have no sense of right, reason or religion have a natural propensity to make use of their strength...
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Deaths
Newspaper article; Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), April 22, 2010
...3.00pm. Floral tributes may be sent to the Co operative Funeralcare, Algernon House, Whitley Bay. Tel. (0191) 2525151. SMITH (Barnsley). Formerly of. Sidney George (Sid), died 18th April 2010, in University Hospital Durham, much...
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Deaths
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), June 11, 2009
...2009, aged 80 years, Ann, beloved wife of the late Sidney, a dearly loved mam of Helen, Louise and Katharine...tributes may be delivered to Co .. op Funeralcare, Algernon House, Algernon Place, Whitley Bay. Tel. (0191) 2525151
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Deaths
Newspaper article; Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), June 11, 2009
...2009, aged 80 years, Ann, beloved wife of the late Sidney, a dearly loved mam of Helen, Louise and Katharine...tributes may be delivered to Co - op Funeralcare, Algernon House, Algernon Place, Whitley Bay. Tel. (0191) 2525151 WOOD...
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Deaths
Newspaper article; Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), November 24, 2011
...tributes may be delivered to The Cooperative Funeralcare, Algernon Place, Whitley Bay. Tel. (0191) 2525151. CONWAY (Burradon...WC1H 9NE. HAWDON (Tynemouth). On 19th November 2011, Sidney, loving husband of Patricia, proud father of Jane and Michael...
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Sidney, Algernon
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SIDNEY, ALGERNON 1622 83, English politician; son of Robert Sidney, earl of Leicester. He served in the parliamentary...by A. C. Ewald (2 vol., 1873); J. Scott, Algernon Sidney and the English Republic 1623 1677 (1988...
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Crapsey, Algernon Sidney
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CRAPSEY, ALGERNON SIDNEY 1847 1927, American Episcopal clergyman, b. Fairmont, Ohio. In 1879 he became rector of St. Andrews Church, Rochester...
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Sydney, Algernon
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SYDNEY, ALGERNON see Sidney, Algernon . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Jeffreys of Wem, George Jeffreys, 1st Baron
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...of the trials connected with the Popish Plot (see Oates, Titus ) and was responsible for the judicial murder of Algernon Sidney and for the brutal trials of Richard Baxter and many others. He was created baron in 1685 and was soon sent to W...
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Rye House Plot
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...revealed. Although the actual conspirators were only minor figures, the great Whig leaders Lord William Russell and Algernon Sidney were executed on flimsy evidence of guilt by association. ____________________ Copyright 2009...
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