ABSTRACT
This presentation of the main phases and features of political thought in the sixteenth century is based on an exhaustive study of contemporary writings in Latin, English, French, German and Italian. The book is divided into four parts. The first part deals with the new thought of Protestantism. The rest describes special ideas that emerged in England, France and Italy.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |120 pages
Lutheranism and Calvinism
chapter |14 pages
Introductory
chapter |20 pages
Luther and Melanchthon
chapter |14 pages
The Anabaptist Protest
chapter |24 pages
Calvin
chapter |30 pages
The Toleration Controversy
chapter |18 pages
The Break from Calvin
part |150 pages
England
chapter |4 pages
Preliminary
chapter |9 pages
The Doctrine of Non-Resistance
chapter |23 pages
The Very and True Commonweal
chapter |12 pages
The Theory of Royal Supremacy Under Henry VIII
chapter |15 pages
The Supremacy of Elizabeth
chapter |15 pages
The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity
chapter |11 pages
The Catholic Protest
chapter |21 pages
The Puritan Protest
chapter |16 pages
The Question of Toleration
chapter |24 pages
Theories of the Constitution and of Sovereignty
part |174 pages
France
chapter |4 pages
Preliminary
chapter |5 pages
Le Grant Monarchie De France
chapter |22 pages
Constitutional Theories
chapter |30 pages
The Huguenots and Their Allies
chapter |11 pages
Salamonius and Buchanan
chapter |24 pages
The Catholic League and its Allies
chapter |27 pages
The Divine Right of Kings
chapter |51 pages
Jean Bodin
part |67 pages
Italy
