Treatise of Orders and Plain Dignities

Klappentext This is the first English edition of a treatise which influenced French thinkers from its publication in 1610 until the end of the ancien regime. Zusammenfassung In his Treatise of Orders and Plain Dignities! Charles Loyseau set out to harmonise with law his fellow citizens' values and behaviour in the crucial sphere of possession and exercise of public power. This edition sets Loyseau's text in the context of his own political thesis and the intellectual milieu of those who administered early-modern France. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; Introduction; Principal events in Loyseau's life; Bibliographical note; Note on translation and citations; List of abbreviations; Biographical notes; Dedicatory epistle: Charles Loyseau to the Honourable Jean Forget; Preface; 1. Of order in general; 2. Of the Roman orders; 3. Of the order of the clergy; 4. Of the order of nobility in general; 5. Of plain gentlemen; 6. Of the high nobility; 7. Of princes; 8. Of the third estate; 9. Of solemn deprivation of order; 10. Of the plain dignities of Rome; 11. Of the plain dignities of France; Index.

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• Authors: Charles Loyseau, Loyseau Charles
• Assisted by: Raymond Geuss (Editor), Howell A. Lloyd (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.03.1994
• EAN: 9780521456241
• ISBN: 978-0-521-45624-1
• No. of pages: 308
• Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought; Cambridge Texts in the History; Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; History of Ideas, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, HISTORY / Social History, Political science & theory, Political science and theory