Reformation Resistance And Reason Of State (1517-1625) Sarah Mortimer Oxford University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

The Period 1517-1625 Was Crucial For Development Of Political Thought During This Time Expanding Empires Religious Upheaval And Social Change New Ideas About Organisation Purpose Human Communities Began To Be Debated In Particular There A Concern Understand Or Civil Community As Bounded Limited Geographical Terms With Its Own Structures Characteristics History Also Growing Focus Wake Reformation On Authority Distinct From Church Concept Sovereignty Used Alongside Language Reason State--In Response Theories Based Upon Religion Gained Traction Especially Arguments Divine Right Kings Volume Sarah Mortimer Highlights How Midst These Developments Natural Law Became Increasingly Important Means Legitimising Power Opening Up Scope Toleration Drawing Wide Range Sources Europe Beyond Offers Reading Early Modern She Makes Connections Between Christian Muslim Societies That Lay South East Showing Extent Which Concerns Legitimacy Were Shared Demonstrates Can Both Benefit Remain Distinctive Within Wider Field Intellectual Books Oxford Series Provide An Authoritative Overview Era They Synthesize Expand Major Scholarship Covering Canonical Thinkers While Placing Them Context Broader Traditions Movements Debates Has Been Transformed Over Last Thirty Forty Years Historians Still Return Constant Landmarks Writers Such Plato Machiavelli Hobbes Rousseau Marx But Have Roamed More Widely Often Thereby Cast Light Authors Recognize Importance Archival Research Breadth Contextualization Historiographical Debate Much Resulting Appeared Specialist Journals Monographs Profound Insights Available Audience Editor: Mark Bevir Professor Science Director Center British Studies University California Berkeley Σελίδες: 312 Διαστάσεις: 16 3X16 3Cm