Bossuet: Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Holy Scripture - Couverture rigide

Bossuet, Jacques

 
9780521362375: Bossuet: Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Holy Scripture
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0521362377 ISBN 13 : 9780521362375
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1991

Synopsis

This 1991 book was the first ever English rendition of the classic statement of divine right absolutism, published in 1707. Jacques-Benigne Bossuet argues in the Politics that a general society of the entire human race, governed by Christian charity, has given way (after the Fall) to the necessity of politcs, law, and absolute hereditary monarchy. That monarchy - seen as natural, universal and divinely ordained (beginning with David and Solomon) is defended in the first half of the book. The last part, added soon before Bossuet's death, goes on to take up the rights of the Church, the distinction between absolutism and arbitrariness, and causes of just war. Patrick Riley has provided full supporting materials including a chronology, guide to further reading, and a lucid introduction placing Bossuet in his historical and intellectual context.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This 1991 book was the first ever English rendition of the classic statement of divine right absolutism, published in 1707. Jacques-Benigne Bossuet argues in the Politics that a general society of the entire human race, governed by Christian charity, has given way (after the Fall) to the necessity of politcs, law, and absolute hereditary monarchy. That monarchy - seen as natural, universal and divinely ordained (beginning with David and Solomon) is defended in the first half of the book. The last part, added soon before Bossuet's death, goes on to take up the rights of the Church, the distinction between absolutism and arbitrariness, and causes of just war. Patrick Riley has provided full supporting materials including a chronology, guide to further reading, and a lucid introduction placing Bossuet in his historical and intellectual context.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
1991
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521362377
ISBN 13 
9780521362375
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
495
Éditeur
Riley Patrick
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9780521368070: Bossuet: Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Holy Scripture

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0521368073 ISBN 13 :  9780521368070
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1999
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