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Jesuit political thought : the society of jesus and the state, c. 1540-1630
Hopfl, Harro
Jesuit political thought : the society of jesus and the state, c. 1540-1630 /Harro hopfl - 1st ed - UK ; Cambridge university press, ; 2004. - xi,406p. ; 23cm.
(c)2004,reprinted, ;2006
Includes bibliographies and index
How did the Society of Jesus develop and maintain a distinctive position on key questions of political thought such as ruler authority, the character and scope of positive law, the limits of obedience and the right to resist? Harro Hopfl presents a full-length study of the secular world--analyzed in its proper historical context--from a Jesuit perspective. Despite the significance of the Society of Jesus in Counter-Reformation Europe and beyond, important issues relating to the society's collective history remain misunderstood.
9780521837798
political science
320.01 / HOP
Jesuit political thought : the society of jesus and the state, c. 1540-1630 /Harro hopfl - 1st ed - UK ; Cambridge university press, ; 2004. - xi,406p. ; 23cm.
(c)2004,reprinted, ;2006
Includes bibliographies and index
How did the Society of Jesus develop and maintain a distinctive position on key questions of political thought such as ruler authority, the character and scope of positive law, the limits of obedience and the right to resist? Harro Hopfl presents a full-length study of the secular world--analyzed in its proper historical context--from a Jesuit perspective. Despite the significance of the Society of Jesus in Counter-Reformation Europe and beyond, important issues relating to the society's collective history remain misunderstood.
9780521837798
political science
320.01 / HOP