1702 Thomas Brown England Political Treatises WAR Scotland Ireland Miscellanea Aulica 1st edition

MISCELLANEA AULICA OR A COLLECTION OF STATE-TREATISES NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED

A collection of British documents, essays, and letters relevant to relations between various nations, most notably Germany, Ireland, Scotland, and England.

Of particular interest are two theoretical essays, The Great Question resolved, whether a King of England can make Wars and Alliances, without notifying it before his two Houses of Parliament and A Brief Inquiry into Leagues and Alliances Made betwixt Princes and Nations, and the Nature of their Obligation.

The essay on making wars and alliances plumbs British history to argue that the sole prerogative in such matters rests with the monarch and cannot be compromised by Parliament.

Brown focuses on German and Prussian government, manners of assembly, Letters from King Charles II, a look into Leagues and Alliances, ancient methods of dueling before the King, several writings on Scotland and Ireland, a discourse on the uniting of Scotland and England, essays on declaring war and establishing peace, and much more!

According to Sachse, this book is Useful for letters of Charles II and James, Duke of York, and for documents dealing with foreign relations and Scottish affairs after 1660.