Bossuet

Name: Bossuet
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521368070
Price: 6950 KES
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ISBN: 9780521368070

by Jacques Bossuet

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought

ISBN-10 0521368073

ISBN-13 9780521368070

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Imprint Cambridge University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Mar 15th, 1999

Print length 500 Pages

Weight 664 grams

Dimensions 21.50 x 13.90 x 3.00 cms

Product Classification: History of ideas History of ideas Political science & theory Political science and theory

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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.

This 1991 book was the first ever English rendition of the classic statement of divine right absolutism, published in 1707. Jacques-Benigne Bossuet argues in the Politics that a general society of the entire human race, governed by Christian charity, has given way (after the Fall) to the necessity of politcs, law, and absolute hereditary monarchy. That monarchy - seen as natural, universal and divinely ordained (beginning with David and Solomon) is defended in the first half of the book. The last part, added soon before Bossuet's death, goes on to take up the rights of the Church, the distinction between absolutism and arbitrariness, and causes of just war. Patrick Riley has provided full supporting materials including a chronology, guide to further reading, and a lucid introduction placing Bossuet in his historical and intellectual context.

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