- Description
- 1 online resource (xvii, 415 pages)
- Summary
- Focuses on the era of the divine right of kings, the last period when kingship was a vital political institution. Identifies the assassinations of Henry III and Henry IV of France as the start of serious challenges to royal sovereignty, with the execution of Charles I of England representing the decisiive repudiation of sacral kingship.
- Series Statement
- The emergence of Western political thought in the Latin Middle Ages ; volume three
- Oakley, Francis. Emergence of Western political thought in the Latin Middle Ages ; v. 3.
- Uniform Title
- Watershed of modern politics (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Watershed of modern politics (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-389) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Prologue : late medieval and early modern political thinking : some metahistorical challenges -- Historical orientation : from war, plague, and schism to Renaissance, Reformation, and revolt -- The politics of nostalgia : empire, papacy, and their twilight struggle -- The politics of virtue : Italy, the republican tradition, and the humanist political legacy -- The politics of sin : from Aegidius Romanus, Fitzralph, and Wycliffe to Luther, Zwingli, Calvin, and the radical reformers -- The politics of deference : old regal sacrality and new divine right of kingship -- The politics of consent (i) : politica saecularis -- The politics of consent (ii) : politicia ecclesiastica -- The watershed of modern politics.
- LCCN
- 2015937149
- OCLC
- ssj0001573820
- Author
Oakley, Francis.
- Title
The watershed of modern politics [electronic resource] : law, virtue, kingship, and consent (1300-1650) / Francis Oakley.
- Imprint
New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2015]
- Series
The emergence of Western political thought in the Latin Middle Ages ; volume three
Oakley, Francis. Emergence of Western political thought in the Latin Middle Ages ; v. 3.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-389) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
- Connect to:
- Chronological Term
To 1699