TY - BOOK AU - Burns,J.H. AU - Goldie,Mark TI - The Cambridge history of political thought, 1450-1700 SN - 9780521477727 U1 - 320.09 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Political science KW - History KW - BUEsh KW - BUSBOL KW - February2015 KW - October2018 N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; I. Renaissance and Counter-Renaissance -- Humanism and political theory / Anthony Grafton -- Italian political thought, 1450-1530 / Nicolai Rubinstein -- Law / Donald R. Kelley -- Transalpine humanism / Brendan Bradshaw -- Scholasticism : survival and revival / J.H. Burns -- II. Religion, civil government, and the debate on constitutions --Christian obedience and authority, 1520-1550 / Francis Oakley -- Calvinism and resistance theory, 1550-1580 / Robert M. Kingdon -- Catholic resistance theory, Ultramontanism, and the royalist response, 1580-1620 / J.H.M. Salmon -- Constitutionalism / Howell A. Lloyd -- Sovereignty and the mixed constitution : Bodin and his critics / Julian H. Franklin -- Utopianism / J.C. Davis -- III. Absolutism and revolution in the seventeenth century -- Absolutism and royalism / J.P. Sommerville -- England : ancient constitution and common law / Corinne C. Weston -- Leveller democracy and the Puritan Revolution / David Wootton -- English republicanism / Blair Worden -- IV. The end of Aristotelianism -- Tacitism, scepticism, and reason of state / Peter Burke -- Grotius and Selden / Richard Tuck -- Hobbes and Spinoza / Noel Malcolm -- V. Natural law and utility -- Pufendorf / Alfred Dufour -- The reception of Hobbes / Mark Goldie -- Locke / James Tully -- Conclusion / J.H. Burns N2 - This 1992 book presents a comprehensive scholarly account, written by a highly distinguished team of contributors, of the development of European political thinking through the Renaissance and the reformation to the 'scientific revolution' and political upheavals of the seventeenth century. ER -