The foundations of modern political thought / Quentin Skinner

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Cambridge, Eng. ; New York, N.Y. ; Melbourne, Australia : Cambridge University Press, 1998Description: 2 volumes ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0521293375 (v.1)
  • 9780521293372 (v.1)
Other title:
  • Renaissance
  • Age of reformation
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.01
LOC classification:
  • JA 81  S628f 1998
Contents:
v. 1. THE RENAISSANCE -- Part one: The origins of the Renaissance -- The ideal of liberty -- Rhetoric and liberty -- Scholasticism and liberty -- Part two: The Italian Renaissance -- The Florentine Renaissance -- The age of princes -- The survival of Republican values -- Part three: The Northern Renaissance -- The diffusion of humanist scholarship -- The reception of humanist political thought -- The humanist critique of humanism -- Bibliography of primary sources -- Bibliography of secondary sources -- Index -- v. 2. THE AGE OF REFORMATION -- Part one: Absolutism and the Lutheran Reformation -- The principles of Lutheranism -- The forerunners of Lutheranism -- The spread of Lutheranism -- Part two: Constitutionalism and the Counter Reformation -- The background of constitutionalism -- The revival of Thomism -- The limits of constitutionalism -- Part three: Calvinism and the theory of Revolution -- The duty to resist -- The context of the Huguenot revolution -- The right to resist -- Bibliography of primary sources -- Bibliography of secondary sources -- Index.
Summary: The two volumes of The Foundations of Modern Political Thought are intended as both an introduction to the period for students, and a presentation and justification of a particular approach to the interpretation of historical texts. -- Book Cover.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) JA 81 S628f 1998 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) v.1 1 Available 00000081350

v. 1. THE RENAISSANCE --
Part one: The origins of the Renaissance --
The ideal of liberty --
Rhetoric and liberty --
Scholasticism and liberty --
Part two: The Italian Renaissance --
The Florentine Renaissance --
The age of princes --
The survival of Republican values --
Part three: The Northern Renaissance --
The diffusion of humanist scholarship --
The reception of humanist political thought --
The humanist critique of humanism --
Bibliography of primary sources --
Bibliography of secondary sources --
Index --
v. 2. THE AGE OF REFORMATION --
Part one: Absolutism and the Lutheran Reformation --
The principles of Lutheranism --
The forerunners of Lutheranism --
The spread of Lutheranism --
Part two: Constitutionalism and the Counter Reformation --
The background of constitutionalism --
The revival of Thomism --
The limits of constitutionalism --
Part three: Calvinism and the theory of Revolution --
The duty to resist --
The context of the Huguenot revolution --
The right to resist --
Bibliography of primary sources --
Bibliography of secondary sources --
Index.

The two volumes of The Foundations of Modern Political Thought are intended as both an introduction to the period for students, and a presentation and justification of a particular approach to the interpretation of historical texts. -- Book Cover.

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