Cambridge scholar and political philosopher John Neville Figgis
examines how ideas concerning politics and religion changed during
the Renaissance. Drawing on a range of pertinent texts from a
period spanning over two centuries, Figgis examines how some of the
finest scholars of the Renaissance era established and refined
their ideas. In the earlier part of the period, politics was deeply
intertwined with the Catholic Church and the authority of the Pope.
Later on, the upheaval of the Reformation resulted in a dramatic
surge of ideas, changing forever how the rule of a given monarch
was connected with Christendom. By the 17th century, the
controversial notion of the divine, God-given right of kings to
rule had emerged. As Figgis recalls, the notion met with opposition
and eventual revolt in the Netherlands; the deposing of the Dutch
monarch sent shockwaves through Europe, and foresaw the beginnings
of the Enlightenment era.
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