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Bossuet
Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Holy Scripture

English · Paperback / Softback

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First English rendition of the classic defence of divine-right absolute monarchy in the French language.


Summary

This 1991 book was the first ever English rendition of the classic statement of divine right absolutism, published in 1707 when the power and glory of the French ancien regime was at its zenith. Riley provides a chronology, bibliography and a lucid introduction thus placing Bossuet in his historical and intellectual context.

Product details

Authors Jacques Bossuet, Jacques Benigne Bossuet, Jacques-Benigne Bossuet
Assisted by Patrick Riley (Editor), Riley Patrick (Editor), Patrick Riley (Translation)
Publisher Cambridge University Press
 
Content Book
Product form Paperback / Softback
Publication date 31.12.2019
Subject Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education
 
EAN 9780521368070
ISBN 978-0-521-36807-0
Pages 500
Dimensions (packing) 14 x 21.6 x 3 cm
Weight (packing) 699 g
 
Series Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
Subjects History of Ideas
POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory
HISTORY / Social History
Political science & theory
Political science and theory
 

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