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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... 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 , however , arbitrarily imprisoned by the authorities in ...
... 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 , however , arbitrarily imprisoned by the authorities in ...
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... Death of François Henry III . Protestant Henry of Freedom of conscience formally re - affirmed . Hotman : Franco - Gallia . Bodin : Six livres de la république . Montmorency - Damville , and the Catholic heir , the Duc d'Anjou , support ...
... Death of François Henry III . Protestant Henry of Freedom of conscience formally re - affirmed . Hotman : Franco - Gallia . Bodin : Six livres de la république . Montmorency - Damville , and the Catholic heir , the Duc d'Anjou , support ...
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... does in 1595 ) . Assassination of Henry IV ; Catholic Louis XIII ( 1610-1643 ) accedes to the throne . Mariana : De rege et regis institutione ( 1599 ) . Galileo : Dialogue on the Death of Louis XIII . Louis XIV , a minor xliv Chronology.
... does in 1595 ) . Assassination of Henry IV ; Catholic Louis XIII ( 1610-1643 ) accedes to the throne . Mariana : De rege et regis institutione ( 1599 ) . Galileo : Dialogue on the Death of Louis XIII . Louis XIV , a minor xliv Chronology.
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... Death of Louis XIII . Louis XIV , a minor , becomes king . The Regency of Anne of Austria . The age of Mazarin begins . Louis XIV ( 1643-1715 ) begins period of personal rule and policy of gradual restoration of a single official ...
... Death of Louis XIII . Louis XIV , a minor , becomes king . The Regency of Anne of Austria . The age of Mazarin begins . Louis XIV ( 1643-1715 ) begins period of personal rule and policy of gradual restoration of a single official ...
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... Death of younger brother , Joseph . Death in France of father , Jean Bayle . Nouvelles lettres de l'auteur Revocation of Edict of Nantes in France . Accession of Catholic James II of England on death of Charles II . de la critique ...
... Death of younger brother , Joseph . Death in France of father , Jean Bayle . Nouvelles lettres de l'auteur Revocation of Edict of Nantes in France . Accession of Catholic James II of England on death of Charles II . de la critique ...
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