Neostoicism and the Early Modern State - Rilegato

Oestreich, Gerhard

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0521242029 ISBN 13: 9780521242028

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1982

Riassunto

Neostoicism was one of the most important intellectual movements of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

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Descrizione del libro

Neostoicism was one of the most important intellectual movements of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It started in the Protestant Netherlands during the revolt against Catholic Spain. Very quickly it began to influence both the theory and practice of politics in many parts of Europe.

Contenuti

Part I. Justus Lipsius and the Netherlands movement: 1. Constantin in publicis malis; 2. The political intent in Neostoic philosophy; 3. The main political work of Lipsius; 4. Political Neostoicism; 5. The military renascence; 6. The European echo; 7. The Netherlands movement in Brandenburg-Prussia; Part II. The Constitutional Development of the Early Modern State: 8. The religious covenant and the social contract; 9. 'Police' and Prudentia civilis in the seventeenth century; 10 From contractual monarchy to constitutionalism; 11. The estates of Germany and the formation of the state; 12. The constitutional situation of monarchy in Germany from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century; 13. Army organization in the German territories from 1500 to 1800; 14. The constitution of the Holy Roman Empire and the European state system 1648–1789; 15. The structure of the absolute state.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1982
• ISBN 10: 0521242029
• ISBN 13: 9780521242028
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 288
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile