Brutus: Vindiciae, contra tyrannos - Or, Concerning the Legitimate Power of a Prince over the People, and of the People over a Prince (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 1994
First published:	1994
Authors:	Stephanius Jurius Brutus
Editors:	George Garnett
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	310
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-34209-4
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > History of ideas, intellectual history Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Constitution, government & the state
LSN:	0-521-34209-0
Barcode:	9780521342094

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