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Title: Freedom In Service
Six Essays on Matters Concerning Britain's Safety and Good Government

Author: Fossey John Cobb Hearnshaw

Release Date: May 19, 2008 [EBook #25522]

Language: English

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FREEDOM IN SERVICE

SIX ESSAYS ON MATTERS CONCERNING BRITAIN'S SAFETY AND GOOD GOVERNMENT

By F. J. C. HEARNSHAW, M.A., LL.D.

PROFESSOR OF MEDIAEVAL HISTORY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON

LONDON:
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W.
1916

TO THE GLORIOUS AND IMMORTAL MEMORY OF LORD ROBERTS

CONTENTS

PAGE
PREFACE ix

I.--THE ANCIENT DEFENCE OF ENGLAND

I. UNIVERSAL OBLIGATION TO SERVE 1

II. THE OLD ENGLISH MILITIA 4

III. MEDIAEVAL REGULATIONS 6

IV. TUDOR AND STUART DEVELOPMENTS 9

V. THE LAST TWO CENTURIES 12

VI. CONCLUSION 15

II.--COMPULSORY SERVICE AND LIBERTY

I. THE PLEA OF FREEDOM 17

II. THE TERM "LIBERTY" 18

III. LIBERTY AS FREEDOM FROM FOREIGN CONTROL 20

IV. LIBERTY AS SYNONYMOUS WITH RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT 21

V. LIBERTY AS ABSENCE OF RESTRAINT 23

VI. LIBERTY AS OPPORTUNITY FOR SERVICE 27

III.--THE VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLE

I. THE IDEA OF VOLUNTARISM 30

II. ITS ESTABLISHMENT 31

III. THE RESULT 33

IV. THE PRESENT SITUATION