Mark Fortier is Director, School of English and Theatre Studies, University of Guelph, Canada. He is the author of Theory/Theatre: an Introduction and co-editor of Adaptations of Shakespeare and Royal Subjects: Essays on the Writings of James VI and I. He has a law degree from the University of Toronto, Canada.

• Contents: Introduction: Roguish thing; Christian equity; Equity and law; Political equity; Poetic equity; Equity and others; Radical equity; Afterword; Bibliography; Index.

'Although Fortier's well-conceived and well-written study ends at the Restoration, it will also be useful to those working in the period after 1660. Especially valuable for understanding aspects of this later period is Fortier's treatment of the interconnectedness of concepts of equity and notions of conscience. Anyone who has pondered Quakers' defenses of the legality of their actions in the Restoration period, for example, may leave Fortier's study with a new appreciation for the sophisticated rhetorical strategies that many of those writings exhibit.' Renaissance Quarterly

Mark Fortier is Director, School of English and Theatre Studies, University of Guelph, Canada. He is the author of Theory/Theatre: an Introduction and co-editor of Adaptations of Shakespeare and Royal Subjects: Essays on the Writings of James VI and I. He has a law degree from the University of Toronto, Canada.

• Contents: Introduction: Roguish thing; Christian equity; Equity and law; Political equity; Poetic equity; Equity and others; Radical equity; Afterword; Bibliography; Index.

'Although Fortier's well-conceived and well-written study ends at the Restoration, it will also be useful to those working in the period after 1660. Especially valuable for understanding aspects of this later period is Fortier's treatment of the interconnectedness of concepts of equity and notions of conscience. Anyone who has pondered Quakers' defenses of the legality of their actions in the Restoration period, for example, may leave Fortier's study with a new appreciation for the sophisticated rhetorical strategies that many of those writings exhibit.' Renaissance Quarterly

Mark Fortier is Director, School of English and Theatre Studies, University of Guelph, Canada. He is the author of Theory/Theatre: an Introduction and co-editor of Adaptations of Shakespeare and Royal Subjects: Essays on the Writings of James VI and I. He has a law degree from the University of Toronto, Canada.

• Contents: Introduction: Roguish thing; Christian equity; Equity and law; Political equity; Poetic equity; Equity and others; Radical equity; Afterword; Bibliography; Index.

'Although Fortier's well-conceived and well-written study ends at the Restoration, it will also be useful to those working in the period after 1660. Especially valuable for understanding aspects of this later period is Fortier's treatment of the interconnectedness of concepts of equity and notions of conscience. Anyone who has pondered Quakers' defenses of the legality of their actions in the Restoration period, for example, may leave Fortier's study with a new appreciation for the sophisticated rhetorical strategies that many of those writings exhibit.' Renaissance Quarterly