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Ideas of Liberty in Early Modern Europe : From Machiavelli to Milton /
Europe's long sixteenth century - a period spanning the years roughly from the voyages of Columbus in the 1490s to the English Civil War in the 1640s - was an era of power struggles between avaricious and unscrupulous princes, inquisitions and torture chambers, and religious differences of ever...
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
2017.
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| Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | Europe's long sixteenth century - a period spanning the years roughly from the voyages of Columbus in the 1490s to the English Civil War in the 1640s - was an era of power struggles between avaricious and unscrupulous princes, inquisitions and torture chambers, and religious differences of ever more violent fervor. This work argues that this turbulent age also laid the conceptual foundations of our modern ideas about liberty, justice, and democracy. The text shows how these ideas emerged in response to the often violent entrenchment of monarchical power and the fragmentation of religious authority, against the backdrop of the westward advance of Islam and the discovery of the New World. |
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| Description: | Previously issued in print: 2015. |
| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (232 pages). |
| Public: | Specialized. |
| ISBN: | 9781400866304 |