{"product_id":"reformation-resistance-and-reason-of-state-1517-1625-hardcover","title":"Reformation, Resistance, and Reason of State (1517-1625) - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSarah Mortimer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe period 1517-1625 was crucial for the development of political thought. During this time of expanding empires, religious upheaval, and social change, new ideas about the organisation and purpose of human communities began to be debated. In particular, there was a concern to understand the political or civil community as bounded, limited in geographical terms and with its own particular structures, characteristics and history. There was also a growing focus, in the wake of the Reformation, on civil or political authority as distinct from the church or religious authority. The concept of sovereignty began to be used, alongside a new language of reason of state--in response, political theories based upon religion gained traction, especially arguments for the divine right of kings. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this volume Sarah Mortimer highlights how, in the midst of these developments, the language of natural law became increasingly important as a means of legitimising political power, opening up scope for religious toleration. Drawing on a wide range of sources from Europe and beyond, Sarah Mortimer offers a new reading of early modern political thought. She makes connections between Christian Europe and the Muslim societies that lay to its south and east, showing the extent to which concerns about the legitimacy of political power were shared. Mortimer demonstrates that the history of political thought can both benefit from, and remain distinctive within, the wider field of intellectual history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe books in \u003cem\u003e The Oxford History of Political Thought\u003c\/em\u003e series provide an authoritative overview of the political thought of a particular era. They synthesize and expand major developments in scholarship, covering canonical thinkers while placing them in a context of broader traditions, movements, and debates. The history of political thought has been transformed over the last thirty to forty years. Historians still return to the constant landmarks of writers such as Plato, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Rousseau, and Marx; but they have roamed more widely and often thereby cast new light on these authors. They increasingly recognize the importance of archival research, a breadth of sources, contextualization, and historiographical debate. Much of the resulting scholarship has appeared in specialist journals and monographs. \u003cem\u003eThe Oxford History of Political Thought\u003c\/em\u003e makes its profound insights available to a wider audience. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSeries Editor: Mark Bevir, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for British Studies, University of California, Berkeley.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSarah Mortimer, \u003cem\u003eAssociate Professor of Early Modern History, Christ Church, University of Oxford\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ebSarah Mortimer\/b is Associate Professor of Modern History at Christ Church, University of Oxford. Her research focuses on the relationship between political thought and religion in the early modern period. Her first book, \u003cem\u003eReason and Religion in the English Revolution\u003c\/em\u003e won the Forkosch prize for the best first book in Intellectual History.\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.4 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 16, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47578791772381,"sku":"9780199674886","price":139.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/ODvA8Tc4sK9780199674886.webp?v=1773512983","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/reformation-resistance-and-reason-of-state-1517-1625-hardcover","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}