Botero: The Reason of State

This highly influential anti-Machiavellian text is an important primary source for the understanding of early modern political thought.

List of contents

Part I. Book 1; Part II. Book Two; Part III. Book Three; Part IV. Book Four; Part V. Book Five; Part VI. Book Six; Part VII. Book Seven; Part VIII. Book Eight; Part IX. Book Nine; Part X. Book Ten; Part XI. Appendix A; Part XII. Appendix B; Part XIII. Appendix C; Part XIV. Appendix D.

About the author

Robert Bireley is Professor of History Emeritus at Loyola University, Chicago, and has received fellowships from the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and the National Humanities Center in North Carolina. Recent works include Ferdinand II: Counter-Reformation Emperor, 1578–1637 (Cambridge, 2014).

Summary

Giovanni Botero is a significant but often overlooked figure in early modern political thought. This translation of his 1589 volume, Della ragion di Stato, which first popularised the term 'reason of state', introduces Botero to a wider Anglophone audience and demonstrates his opposition to Machiavelli's seminal work, The Prince.

Product details

• Authors: Giovanni Botero
• Assisted by: Robert Bireley (Editor), Robert (Loyola University Bireley (Editor), Bireley Robert (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2017
• EAN: 9781107141827
• ISBN: 978-1-107-14182-7
• No. of pages: 270
• Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought; Cambridge Texts in the History; Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Political science & theory, Political science and theory, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state