Reformation, resistance, and reason of state (1517-1625)
This volume charts the development of political thought between 1517-1625. Drawing on a wide range of sources from Europe and beyond, it offers a new reading of early modern political thought, making connections between Christian Europe and the Muslim societies that lay to its south and east.
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| Language: | English |
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2021
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| In: | Year: 2021 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Mortimer, Sarah, Reformation, resistance, and reason of state (1517-1625)] (2023) (Friedeburg, Robert von, 1961 -)
[Rezension von: Mortimer, Sarah, Reformation, resistance, and reason of state (1517-1625)] (2023) (Gehring, David Scott) [Rezension von: Mortimer, Sarah, Reformation, resistance, and reason of state (1517-1625)] (2023) (Friedeburg, Robert von, 1961 -) |
| Series/Journal: | Oxford History Political Thought Ser.
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| Summary: | This volume charts the development of political thought between 1517-1625. Drawing on a wide range of sources from Europe and beyond, it offers a new reading of early modern political thought, making connections between Christian Europe and the Muslim societies that lay to its south and east. Cover -- Volume 6: Reformation, Resistance, and Reason of State (1517-1625) -- Copyright -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Maps -- 1: Introduction -- 2: Empires and Cities-Political Thought in an Age of Expansion -- Charles V and Images of Empire -- Humanism and the Political Thought of Rome and Greece -- Virtù and the City -- Communities and Kingship -- Empire, Law, and the Ottoman Sultan -- 3: The Nature of the Commonwealth -- The Council of Pisa -- Christian Ethics and the Natural Law -- Papal Monarchy and Royal Power -- Commonwealths without Christ? -- Christianity and Statecraft -- 4: The Word of God and the End of Politics -- Martin Luther and the Justice of God -- Law and Liberty -- The Swiss Reformation -- Resisting Idolatry -- 5: Church and Commonwealth in the Catholic World -- Civil and Spiritual Power -- The Case of the Indies -- Politics and Nature -- Natural Rights and the Limits of the State -- 6: The Empires of the East: Political Thought in Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Lands -- The Ottomans and the Caliphate -- State, Society, and Economic Change -- The Safavid Empire -- 'Peace with All'-the Mughal Approach -- 7: Virtue, Ambition, and the Balanced Constitution -- Italian Cities in the Aftermath of War -- The Common Good in England -- Godliness and the Common Good -- The Limits of Toleration: The Case of Servetus -- Rome's Past and Europe's Present -- 8: Laws, Liberties, and the Will of the People -- Religious Division and Political Authority -- The Perils of Popular Sovereignty -- Guaranteeing Liberty: Election and Abjuration -- 9: Sovereignty and Reason of State -- Defining Sovereignty: Jean Bodin -- Divine Law and Fundamental Laws -- Giovanni Botero and Reason of State -- Sovereignty and Stability in the Low Countries -- The Essays of Montaigne -- 10: The Limits of Obedience: Kings, Priests, and the People. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (312 pages) |
| ISBN: | 0192659669 |