The sword is a mighty pen: changing concepts of treason and the state beyond Hobbesian origin myths
European Journal of International Relations
Published online on March 23, 2026
Abstract
European Journal of International Relations, Ahead of Print.
What if the notion of the state was not first conceived of in political theory, nor traceable to Thomas Hobbes, but gradually articulated through humdrum statutory formulations? Through a study of treason statutes in the wake of the English Reformation of ...
What if the notion of the state was not first conceived of in political theory, nor traceable to Thomas Hobbes, but gradually articulated through humdrum statutory formulations? Through a study of treason statutes in the wake of the English Reformation of ...