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The Watershed of Modern Politics: Law, Virtue, Kingship, and Consent (1300-1650)
Francis Oakley
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Description for The Watershed of Modern Politics: Law, Virtue, Kingship, and Consent (1300-1650)
Hardback. Series: The Emergence of Western Political Thought in the Latin Middle Ages. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: HPCB; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 35. Weight in Grams: 771.
The concluding volume of Francis Oakley's authoritative trilogy moves on to engage the political thinkers of the later Middle Ages, Renaissance, Age of Reformation and religious wars, and the era that produced the Divine Right Theory of Kingship. Oakley's ground-breaking study probes the continuities and discontinuities between medieval and early modern modes of political thinking and dwells at length on the roots and nature of those contract theories that sought to legitimate political authority by grounding it in the consent of the governed.
The concluding volume of Francis Oakley's authoritative trilogy moves on to engage the political thinkers of the later Middle Ages, Renaissance, Age of Reformation and religious wars, and the era that produced the Divine Right Theory of Kingship. Oakley's ground-breaking study probes the continuities and discontinuities between medieval and early modern modes of political thinking and dwells at length on the roots and nature of those contract theories that sought to legitimate political authority by grounding it in the consent of the governed.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
Series
The Emergence of Western Political Thought in the Latin Middle Ages
Number of Pages
440
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300194432
SKU
V9780300194432
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About Francis Oakley
Francis Oakley is the Edward Dorr Griffin Professor of the History of Ideas, Emeritus, at Williams College. He is also President Emeritus of the College and of the American Council of Learned Societies.
Reviews for The Watershed of Modern Politics: Law, Virtue, Kingship, and Consent (1300-1650)
Won the 2016 Haskins Medal from the Medieval Academy of America.
Haskins Medal
Medieval Academy of America
Haskins Medal
Medieval Academy of America