Jesuit Political Thought: The Society of Jesus and the State, C.1540-1630

by Harro Höpfl

Book Overview

Harro H?pfl presents here a full-length study of the single most influential organized group of scholars and pamphleteers in early modern Europe (1540-1630), namely the Jesuits. He explores the academic and political controversies in which they were engaged in and their contribution to academic discourse around ideas of 'the state' and 'politics'. He pays particular attention to their actual teaching concerning doctrines for whose menacing practical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521066751
• ISBN13: 9780521066754
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 428 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"