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Reformation without end: religion, politics and the past in post-revolutionary England

that the sovereign Civitatis personam gerit, that is, “represents or ‘bears the person’ of the state” (363). Skinner then surveys political theory leading up to Hobbes and follows postHobbesian political theoretical history into a modern consensus that the state is, essentially, a coercive bureaucracy. Most enticing is the suggestion that the state is currently being transformed by “the rise of multinational corporations, and other economic institutions of international reach” (377), as well as by foreign military intervention. The collection is a boon for graduate students, as it will enrich seminar discussions, help to prepare them for qualifying exams, and provide a solid runway for their scholarship. Those unfamiliar with Skinner’s work and those who wish to imbibe its distillation will also find From Humanism to Hobbes well-aged, smooth, complex, and delightful.