Vindiciae contra tyrannos, or, Concerning the legitimate power of a prince over the people, and of the people over a prince / Stephanus Junius Brutus, the Celt ; edited and translated by George Garnett

Author:: Languet, Hubert, 1518-1581
Uniform Title:: Vindiciae contra tyrannos. English
Published:: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1994.
Physical Description:: 1 online resource (lxxxvii, 221 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Additional Creators:: Garnett, George

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The Vindiciae, contra tyrannos was the most infamous of the monarchomach treatises produced during the French wars of religion, and continued to be revered (or execrated) as a key part of the radical canon for well over a century after its publication. It is one of the first attempts to advance a systematic justification, with interlocking secular and religious arguments, of resistance against legitimately constituted political authority. This edition presents the first complete and accurate English translation of the work, a comprehensive apparatus, and an introduction which provides the first detailed analysis of the argument and also reconsiders the much-disputed question of authorship. It will be of interest to a wide range of scholars working on the history of political thought and early modern Europe.

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9780511558689 (ebook)
9780521342094 (hardback)
9780521349871 (paperback)

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