The Saint Bartholomew's Day massacre
The Saint Bartholomew's Day massacre

Author: Arlette Jouanna

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2016-05-16

Total Pages: 434

ISBN-13: 1526112183

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On 18 August 1572, Paris hosted the lavish wedding of Marguerite de Valois and Henri de Navarre, which was designed to seal the reconciliation of France’s Catholics and Protestants. Only six days later, the execution of the Protestant leaders on the orders of the king’s council unleashed a vast massacre by Catholics of thousands of Protestants in Paris and elsewhere. Why was the celebration of concord followed so quickly by such unrestrained carnage? Arlette Jouanna’s new reading of the most notorious massacre in early modern European history rejects most of the established accounts, especially those privileging conspiracy, in favour of an explanation based on ideas of reason of state. The Massacre stimulated reflection on royal power, the limits of authority and obedience, and the danger of religious division for France’s political traditions. Based on extensive research and a careful examination of existing interpretations, this book is the most authoritative analysis of a shattering event.

Liberté de conscience et arts de penser (XVIe-XVIIIe siècle)
Liberté de conscience et arts de penser (XVIe-XVIIIe siècle)

Author: Christelle Bahier-Porte

Publisher: Honoré Champion

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 856

ISBN-13:

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"Par ses travaux sur Port-Royal et le jansénisme, sur Pierre Bayle et le protestantisme en France et aux Refuges et sur l'expression et la diffusion de la libre pensée et de la tolérance en Europe, Antony McKenna a considérablement enrichi la connaissance et la compréhension des débats complexes qui jalonnent l'Âge classique et les Lumières. Les études réunies dans ce volume entendent rendre hommage à ces travaux essentiels qui éclairent la constitution de la modernité et de notre identité intellectuelle. Elles sont toutes héritières d'une réflexion qui articule étroitement histoire des idées, littérature et philosophie, ouverte aux grands auteurs comme aux minores, et attentive aux échanges intellectuels qui constituent une République des Lettres, par delà les frontières."--Page 4 of cover.

The Dialogue in Hell Between Machiavelli and Montesquieu
The Dialogue in Hell Between Machiavelli and Montesquieu

Author: Maurice Joly

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 426

ISBN-13: 9780739106990

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Joly's (1831-78) Dialogue aux enfers entre Machiavel et Montesquieu is the major source of one of the world's most infamous and damaging forgeries, The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. That, however, was concocted some two decades after he died, and American political scientist Waggoner points to Joly's own text for evidence that he was not anti-semitic and was an intransigent enemy of the kind of tyranny the forgery served during the 1930s. He translates the text and discusses Joly's intentions in writing it and his contribution to the understanding of modern politics. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

De Regno
De Regno

Author: Thomas Aquinas

Publisher:

Published: 2014-12-18

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 9780692354001

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This work by Aquinas begins by discussing different types of political systems, using the classical classifications. Only rule which is directed "towards the common good of the multitude is fit to be called kingship," he argues. Rule by one man who "seeks his own benefit from his rule and not the good of the multitude subject to him" is called a "tyrant." He argues that "Just as the government of a king is the best, so the government of a tyrant is the worst," maintaining that rule by a single individual is the most efficient for accomplishing either good or evil purposes. He then proceeds to discuss "how provision might be made that the king may not fall into tyranny," stressing education and noting that "government of the kingdom must be so arranged that opportunity to tyrannize is removed." He then proceeds to consider what honor is due to kings, to discuss the appropriate qualities of a king, and to make some points on founding and maintaining a city. Principium autem intentionis nostrae hinc sumere oportet, ut quid nomine regis intelligendum sit, exponatur.