Vindiciae contra tyrannos, or, Concerning the legitimate power of a prince over the people, and of the people over a prince

The Vindiciae, Contra Tyrannos was the most infamous of the monarchomach treatises produced during the French wars of religion, and continued to be revered (or execrated) as a key part of the radical canon for well over a century after its publication. It is one of the first attempts to advance a systematic justification, with interlocking secular and religious arguments, of resistance against legitimately constituted political authority. This edition presents the first complete and accurate English translation of the work, a comprehensive apparatus, and an introduction which provides the first detailed analysis of the argument and also reconsiders the much-disputed question of authorship. It will be of interest to a wide range of scholars working on the history of political thought and early modern Europe

Despotism · Kings and rulers · Political science · 321/.6 · 89.06 political philosophy · Despotie · Duties · Herrscher · Jc145 .l3513 1994 · König · Pflicht · Political science, early works to 1800 · Politische Wissenschaft · Quelle · Recht van verzet · Tirannie · Tyrannis · Widerstand · Widerstandsrecht