Contributors x
Acknowledgements xii
Introduction 1 (8)
J.H. Burns
I Renaissance and Counter-Renaissance
Humanism and political theory 9 (21)
Anthony Grafton
Scholarship and power: a problematic 9 (1)
partnership
Dictatores and philologists 10 (2)
Humanism in the service of the city-state 12 (3)
`Civic humanism" and its rivals 15 (5)
The topics of humanist political discourse 20 (10)
Italian political thought, 1450--1530 30 (36)
Nicolai Rubinstein
Monarchies and republics, 1450--1500 30 (11)
A new epoch: Machiavelli 41 (17)
Florence and Venice: Guicciardini 58 (8)
Law 66 (29)
Donald R. Kelley
The old legal heritage 66 (4)
Civil science in the Renaissance 70 (5)
Humanism and jurisprudence 75 (3)
The French school 78 (3)
Rivals to Romanism 81 (3)
Custom and the law of nations 84 (2)
Rational jurisprudence 86 (4)
The new legal heritage 90 (5)
Transalpine humanism 95 (37)
Brendan Bradshaw
Renaissance eloquence: rhetoric and 95 (3)
philosophy
The renaissance of politics 98 (3)
Humanitas and the imago Dei 101(5)
Political Wisdom 106(8)
Humanitas and the Christian commonwealth 114(18)
Scholasticism: survival and revival 132(27)
J.H. Burns
Schoolmen and schools of thought 135(5)
Lordship, rights, and society 140(6)
Conciliarists and papalists 146(13)
II Religion, civil government, and the debate
on constitutions
Christian obedience and authority, 1520--1550 159(34)
Francis Oakley
Theological and canonistic fundamentals 160(3)
Luther and early German Lutheranism 163(12)
The Lutheran diaspora and the emergence of 175(7)
the royal supremacy
Zwingli, Bucer, the young Calvin, and the 182(5)
Reformed tradition
The radicals of the Reformation 187(6)
Calvinism and resistance theory, 1550--1580 193(26)
Robert M. Kingdon
Knox and the anti-Marian resistance 194(6)
The development of Lutheran resistance 200(3)
theory
The Calvinist inheritance from the 203(3)
Schmalkaldic war: Peter Martyr Vermigli
The Huguenots and the French wars of 206(8)
religion
The deposition of Mary Stuart 214(5)
Catholic resistance theory, Ultramontanism, 219(35)
and the royalist response, 1580--1620
J.H.M. Salmon
Patterns of controversy 219(2)
The Catholic League 221(10)
Gallicanism 231(2)
Politique royalism 233(3)
Jesuits and Ultramontanes 236(5)
English Catholicism 241(3)
The defence of Anglicanism 244(3)
James I, the oath of allegiance, the 247(7)
Venetian interdict, and the reappearance of
French Ultramontanism
Constitutionalism 254(44)
Howell A. Lloyd
The idea of constitutionalism 254(4)
The origins and end of political society 258(6)
Custom and the rule of law 264(9)
Mixed constitution or mixed government 273(6)
England: Hooker 279(4)
France: Coquille 283(4)
The Netherlands: Althusius 287(5)
Spain: Suarez 292(6)
Sovereignty and the mixed constitution: Bodin 298(31)
and his critics
Julian H. Franklin
Bodin"s doctrine and its limitations 299(10)
The question of sovereignty in the 309(14)
constitution of the German Empire
Besold and the mixed constitution 323(6)
Utopianism 329(18)
J.C. Davis
Christian social morality and the best state 329(6)
Holy experiments in a fallen world 335(12)
III Absolutism and revolution in the
seventeenth century
Absolutism and royalism 347(27)
J.P. Sommerville
The meaning of absolutism 347(3)
Sovereignty and monarchy 350(8)
Patriarchalism 358(3)
Contract, conquest, and usurpation 361(6)
The limits of absolutism 367(7)
England: ancient constitution and common law 374(38)
Corinne C. Weston
The common law mind and the ancient 375(21)
constitution
`Coordination" and the royalist response 396(8)
History and sovereignty in the Exclusion 404(8)
Crisis
Leveller democracy and the Puritan Revolution 412(31)
David Wootton
The Leveller movement 412(4)
Puritans and revolutionaries 416(10)
The Levellers and the consitution 426(8)
Free grace and toleration 434(9)
English republicanism 443(36)
Blair Worden
Sources and resources 443(6)
Writers and writings 449(15)
The Machiavellian tradition 464(15)
IV The end of Aristotelianism
Tacitism, scepticism, and reason of state 479(20)
Peter Burke
Reason of state 479(5)
Tacitism 484(7)
Stoics and sceptics 491(8)
Grotius and Selden 499(31)
Richard Tuck
The context of Grotius" career 499(4)
Dutch republicanism and the transition to 503(6)
natural law
The Arminians and the problem of religious 509(5)
toleration
Grotius" Of the Law of War and Peace 514(8)
Selden 522(8)
Hobbes and Spinoza 530(31)
Noel Malcolm
Hobbes 530(15)
Spinoza 545(16)
V Natural law and utility
Pufendorf 561(28)
Alfred Dufour
The philosophical bases of Pufendorf"s 563(4)
thought
The background of law: anti-realism and 567(3)
voluntarism
The foundations of the state 570(4)
The doctrine of sovereignty 574(5)
The state in history 579(10)
The reception of Hobbes 589(27)
Mark Goldie
The polemic against Hobbes: the theological 589(5)
premises
Sovereignty and constitutionalism 594(8)
Contract and the limits of obligation 602(4)
Ethical relativism and sceptical politics 606(4)
Erastianism, toleration, and the power of 610(6)
the church
Locke 616(41)
James Tully
Government 616(3)
Political power 619(3)
The origin of political power 622(3)
Public good and natural law 625(4)
Mutual subjection 629(6)
Revolution 635(7)
Toleration 642(15)
Conclusion 653(4)
B. Burns
Biographies 657(46)
Bibliography 703(1)
General works 704(73)
I Renaissance and Counter-Renaissance 706(18)
II Religion, civil government, and the 724(20)
debate on constitutions
III Absolutism and revolution in the 744(14)
seventeenth century
IV The end of Aristotelianism 758(7)
V Natural law and utility 765(12)
Index of names of persons 777(12)
Index of subjects 789