Argues that far from being a marginal and insignificant figure, Toland counted queens, princes and government ministers as his friends and political associates

Justin Champion is Professor of History at Royal Holloway, University of London

Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction: locating John Toland
Part One: Republics of Learning
1. "The traffick of books": Libraries, friends and conversation
2. Publishing reason: John Toland and print and scribal communities
3. Reading Mystery: the reception of Christianity not mysterious 1696-1702
Part Two: The war against tyranny and prejudice
4. Editing the republic: Milton, Harrington and the Williamite Monarchy, 1698-1714
5. Anglia Libera: Protestant liberties and the Hanoverian succession, 1700-1714
6. Sapere aude: 'Commonwealth' politics under George I, 1714-1722
Part Three: Subversive Learning
7. Respublica Mosaica: impostors, legislators and civil religion
8. De studio theologia: patristic erudition and the attack on scripture
9. "A complete history of priestcraft": the druids and the origins of ancient virtue
Conclusion: writing enlightenment
Index