The Watershed of Modern Politics :

Oakley, Francis,

The Watershed of Modern Politics : Law, Virtue, Kingship, and Consent (1300-1650) / Francis Oakley. - 1 online resource. - The emergence of Western political thought in the Latin Middle Ages ; volume 3. . - Oakley, Francis. Emergence of Western political thought in the Latin Middle Ages ; v. 3. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue: Late Medieval and Early Modern Political Thinking: Some Metahistorical Challenges -- Historical Orientation: From War, Plague, and Schism to Renaissance, Reformation, and Revolt -- The Politics of Nostalgia: Empire, Papacy, and Their Twilight Struggle -- The Politics of Virtue: Italy, the Republican Tradition, and the Humanist Political Legacy -- The Politics of Sin: From Aegidius Romanus, Fitzralph, and Wycliffe to Luther, Zwingli, Calvin, and the Radical Reformers -- The Politics of Deference: Old Regal Sacrality and New Divine Right of Kingship -- The Politics of Consent (i): politia saecularis -- The Politics of Consent (ii): politia ecclesiastica -- The Watershed of Modern Politics -- Epilogue.


Available electronically via the Internet.

9780300213799 0300213794


Kings and rulers--History--To 1500.
Kings and rulers--History--16th century.
Church and state--History--Europe--To 1500.
Church and state--History--Europe--16th century.
Middle Ages.

POLITICAL SCIENCE PHILOSOPHY Church and state. Kings and rulers. Middle Ages. Europe. To 1599 Electronic books. History.

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