Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Holy Scripture (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)

Bossuet, Jacques

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ISBN 10: 0521368073 ISBN 13: 9780521368070

Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1999

Language: English

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Book is clean and tight. Former signature on title page. Politics Drawn From the Very Words of Holy Scripture is always viewed as the classic defense of divine-right absolute monarchy in the French language.

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Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Holy Scripture (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)

Publisher

Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

Publication Date

1999

Language

English

ISBN 10

0521368073

ISBN 13

9780521368070

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Soft cover

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1st Edition

Condition

Near Fine

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This is the first ever English rendition of the classic statement of divine right absolutism in French, published in 1707 when the power and glory of the French ancien r�gime was at its zenith. Patrick Riley has provided full supporting materials including a chronology, guide to further reading and brief notes on persons mentioned, in addition to a lucid introduction placing Bossuet's bibliocentric politics in their historical and intellectual context.

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This 1991 book was the first ever English rendition of the classic statement of divine right absolutism, published in 1707 when the power and glory of the French ancien regime was at its zenith. Riley provides a chronology, bibliography and a lucid introduction thus placing Bossuet in his historical and intellectual context.

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