Quentin Skinner

The Foundations of Modern Political Thought

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A two-volume study of political thought from the late thirteenth to the end of the sixteenth century, the decisive period of transition from medieval to modern political theory. The work is intended to be both an introduction to the period for students, and a presentation and justification of a particular approach to the interpretation of historical texts.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 414
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 608g
• ISBN-13: 9780521294355
• ISBN-10: 0521294355
• Artikelnr.: 21012924

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Absolutism and the Lutheran Reformation: 1. The principles of Lutheranism
2. The forerunners of Lutheranism
3. The spread of Lutheranism
Part II. Constitutionalism and the Counter Reformation: 4. The background of constitutionalism
5. The revival of Thomism
6. The limits of constitutionalism
Part III. Calvinism and the Theory of Revolution: 7. The duty to resist
8. The context of the Huguenot revolution
9. The right to resist
Conclusion
Bibliography of primary sources
Bibliography of secondary sources
Index.