Julian H. Franklin, Franklin Julian H.

Jean Bodin and the Rise of Absolutist Theory

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The central thesis of this book is that Bodin's absolutism was as unprecedented as the doctrine it opposed.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 136
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 209g
• ISBN-13: 9780521110143
• ISBN-10: 0521110149
• Artikelnr.: 26056672

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. The persistence of medieval constitutionalism
2. Bodin's early theory of sovereignty
3. The shift to absolutism
4. The case for absolutism
5. Limitations on absolute authority
6. The question of resistance
7. Concluding observations
Appendices
Bibliography
Index.