Behemoth or The Long Parliament

Behemoth, or The Long Parliament is essential to any reader interested in the historical context of the thought of Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679). In De Cive (1642) and Leviathan (1651), the great political philosopher had developed an analytical framework for discussing sedition, rebellion, and the breakdown of authority. Behemoth , completed around 1668 and not published until after Hobbe's death, represents the systematic application of this framework to the English Civil War. In his insightful an