# The Early Roots of Libertarianism

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/videos/early-roots-libertarianism>

**By** David Boaz

**Published:** October 27, 2015

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Boaz traces the history of libertarian ideas from the earliest known instances of libertarian thought to the Medieval period.

You can download this lecture [here](http://bit.ly/1OIzFSx).