Political thought in the French wars of religion / Sophie Nicholls.
Through its close, critical reading of the political treatises and polemical literature produced in France in the sixteenth century, this book offers a valuable new contribution to the intellectual history of the Early Modern era. Sophie Nicholls analyses the political thought of the theologians and...
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
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2021.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Half-title page
- Series page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Contextualising the League
- Chapter 2 The Politique Leaguer
- 'In the Midst of the Dance': The Problem of Politics
- Redefining the Politique
- Machiavellism
- Chapter 3 Frank and Free
- Locating Sovereign Power
- Guardians of the Constitution
- The Ancient Constitution
- Salic Law
- Chapter 4 The Church 'in' the Commonwealth
- The Ancient Constitution of the Gallican Church
- Pierre de Belloy's Challenge to the League
- Command and Obedience
- Chapter 5 'Brutish Thunderbolts': Papal Power and the League
- Conciliar Authority and Tridentine Reform
- Abjuration and Resolution
- Chapter 6 Scholasticism in the Political Thought of the League
- Scholastic Arguments for Tyrannicide
- Natural Political Community
- Natural and Divine Law
- Blackwood's Pro Regibus Apologia
- Chapter 7 Jean Bodin and the League
- Jean Bodin and ReneĢ Choppin
- The Reception of Bodin's Ideas in the 1580s
- Chapter 8 Amor Patriae
- The ldea of la Patrie
- Natives by Religion
- English Exiles and the Catholic League
- Robert Persons' Conference in the League Context
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index.