James Harrington (1611–1677)

[Created: 23 February, 2023]
[Updated: March 25, 2024]

About the Author

See Leslie Stephen, “Harrington or Harington, James (1611-1677)”, Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, vol. 24. <https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Harrington,_James_(1611-1677)> and at this site.

Other texts by Harrington are part of The Leveller Tracts and Pamphlets Project which contains over 300 titles.

About the Texts

Not all texts are available in all formats. The "foundation text" is the facsimile PDF of the original book. Many of these are available in HTML, the early version of which was fairly simple. Current versions are available in "enhanced HTML" which includes the original page numbers and the "citation tool" and is in a more readable format for viewing online. A selection of the more important texts are part of the "Guillaumin Collection" of the great books about liberty and are also available in a variety of eBook formats, such as HTML, PDF, and ePub.

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Texts in the Collection

 

  DATE FACS. PDF TITLE EBOOK
  1656

Common-Wealth of Oceana

James Harrington, The Common-Wealth of Oceana (London: J. Streater, 1656).

This book is available in a facs. PDF version of the original text.

 

 
  1771

Works

The Oceana and Other Works of James Harrington, with an Account of His Life by John Toland (London: Becket and Cadell, 1771).

This book is available in various formats: