Self-Defence and Religious Strife in Early Modern Europe: England and Germany, 1530–1680 (St Andrews Studies in Reformation History) - Hardcover

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Friedeburg, Robert Von

 
9780754601777: Self-Defence and Religious Strife in Early Modern Europe: England and Germany, 1530–1680 (St Andrews Studies in Reformation History)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0754601773 ISBN 13: 9780754601777
Publisher: Routledge, 2002

Synopsis

Recent research has begun to highlight the importance of German arguments about legitimate resistance and self-defence for French, English and Scottish Protestants. This book systematically studies the reception of German thought in England, arguing that it played a much greater role than has hitherto been acknowledged. Both the Marian exiles, and others concerned with the fate of continental Protestantism, eagerly read what German reformers had to say about the possibility of resisting the religious policies of a monarch without compromising the institution of monarchy itself. However, the transfer of German arguments to England, with its individual political and constitutional environment, necessarily involved the subtle transformation of these arguments into forms compatible with local traditions. In this way, German arguments contributed significantly to the emergence of new theories, emphasising natural rights.

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Robert von Friedeburg

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2002
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0754601773
ISBN 13 
9780754601777
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
290