Bayle: Political WritingsPierre Bayle was one of the most important sceptical thinkers of the seventeenth century. His work was a major influence on the development of the ideas of Voltaire (who acclaimed it for its candour on such subjects as atheism, obscenity and sexual conduct), Hume, Montesquieu and Rousseau. Banned in France on first publication in 1697, Bayle's Dictionnaire Historique et Critique became a bestseller and ran into several editions and translations. Sally L. Jenkinson's masterly edition presents the reader with a coherent path through Bayle's monumental work (which ran to seven million words). This is volume selects political writings from Bayle's work and presents its author as a specifically political thinker. Sally L. Jenkinson's authoritative translation, careful selection of texts, and lucid introduction will be welcomed by scholars and students of the history of ideas, political theory, cultural history and French studies. |
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Page xxi
... Edict of Nantes in 1685 was compounded for Bayle by the death of his brother . For Jacob Bayle , who by then had taken over his father's role as pastor at Le Carla , stayed with his flock as long as he might legally do so . He was ...
... Edict of Nantes in 1685 was compounded for Bayle by the death of his brother . For Jacob Bayle , who by then had taken over his father's role as pastor at Le Carla , stayed with his flock as long as he might legally do so . He was ...
Page xxiii
... Edict of Nantes . For , as Bayle notes in his article ' Mâcon ' , the reign of ' tolerance ' under ' the Edicts ' had proved that it was possible for ' the people of France of different religions ' to live in ' fraternity ' ( Remark ( C ) ...
... Edict of Nantes . For , as Bayle notes in his article ' Mâcon ' , the reign of ' tolerance ' under ' the Edicts ' had proved that it was possible for ' the people of France of different religions ' to live in ' fraternity ' ( Remark ( C ) ...
Page xxvii
... Edict of Nantes of 1598 : the constitutional settlement intended to consolidate ' justice and reason ' ( Hôp txt ) , and provide protection for the Calvinist minority ( Labrousse ( 1990 ) , p.138 ) . In the 1680s , therefore , in the ...
... Edict of Nantes of 1598 : the constitutional settlement intended to consolidate ' justice and reason ' ( Hôp txt ) , and provide protection for the Calvinist minority ( Labrousse ( 1990 ) , p.138 ) . In the 1680s , therefore , in the ...
Page xxviii
... Edict of Nantes of 1598 the Catholic League pursued its policies more covertly . That is , ecclesiastics of the traditional religion solicited legislation that would bring all religious worship within the single official church ( Hôp ...
... Edict of Nantes of 1598 the Catholic League pursued its policies more covertly . That is , ecclesiastics of the traditional religion solicited legislation that would bring all religious worship within the single official church ( Hôp ...
Page xxix
... Chancellor of France from 1560 to 1568. Their school promoted the new idea of government that endorsed civil tolerance , and thereby prepared the ground for Henry IV's Edict of Nantes and its xxix The political ideas which Bayle opposed.
... Chancellor of France from 1560 to 1568. Their school promoted the new idea of government that endorsed civil tolerance , and thereby prepared the ground for Henry IV's Edict of Nantes and its xxix The political ideas which Bayle opposed.
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