The Cambridge History of Political Thought 1450-1700James Henderson Burns, Mark Goldie The companion volume to the highly successful Cambridge History of Medieval Political Thought, this book presents a comprehensive account of the development of European political thinking through the Renaissance and the Reformation to the "scientific revolution" and political upheavals of the seventeenth century. Recent decades have seen intensive historical investigation and reappraisal in this field. Many established perspectives have changed; and while it would still be generally accepted that something distinctly "modern" took shape in the political thought of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, there have been important changes in our understanding of what is "medieval" and what is "modern" and of the relationship between these concepts. A highly distinguished team of contributors present a unique, authoritative guide to these developments. Full bibliographical and biographical information is provided for those wishing to pursue specific topics in greater detail. |
Contents
Humanism and political theory | 9 |
Italian political thought 14501530 | 30 |
Law | 66 |
Transalpine humanism | 95 |
survival and revival | 132 |
Religion civil government and the debate on constitutions | 157 |
Zwingli Bucer the young Calvin and the Reformed | 182 |
Calvinism and resistance theory 15501580 | 193 |
Absolutism and royalism | 347 |
ancient constitution and common law | 374 |
Tacitism scepticism and reason of state | 479 |
Grotius and Selden | 499 |
Hobbes and Spinoza | 530 |
Pufendorf | 561 |
The reception of Hobbes | 589 |
Locke | 616 |
The Huguenots and the French wars of religion | 206 |
Catholic resistance theory Ultramontanism and the royalist | 219 |
The defence of Anglicanism | 244 |
Bodin and his critics | 298 |
man Empire | 309 |
Utopianism | 329 |
Conclusion | 653 |
Bibliography | 703 |
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