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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... peace and supported the 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 ...
... peace and supported the 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 ...
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... Peace of Augsburg of 1555 and the Treaty of Westphalia of 1648 , Europe recognised limited toleration for approved minorities if their devotions were conducted in pri- vate . Compassionate minds recognised too that sectarians from whom ...
... Peace of Augsburg of 1555 and the Treaty of Westphalia of 1648 , Europe recognised limited toleration for approved minorities if their devotions were conducted in pri- vate . Compassionate minds recognised too that sectarians from whom ...
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... peace with justice , but had created a corps of civil jurists to implement the new arrangements ( Hôp ( L ) , ( P ) , ( S ) ) . Legitimate authority for de l'Hôpital's politiques resided therefore neither in Pope , nor church , nor ...
... peace with justice , but had created a corps of civil jurists to implement the new arrangements ( Hôp ( L ) , ( P ) , ( S ) ) . Legitimate authority for de l'Hôpital's politiques resided therefore neither in Pope , nor church , nor ...
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... Peace of Alès in 1629 , they had given up their right to bear arms in return for the civil authority's protection of their liberty of worship ( Labrousse ( 1983 ) , p . 9 ) . Yet most Protestants opposed the proliferation of sects ...
... Peace of Alès in 1629 , they had given up their right to bear arms in return for the civil authority's protection of their liberty of worship ( Labrousse ( 1983 ) , p . 9 ) . Yet most Protestants opposed the proliferation of sects ...
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... peace between their adopted and their native countries ( see RNC and Avis ) and showed , in their private correspondence , that they were encouraged by Eng- land's revolution and Protestantism's triumph , hoping that a ' prompt ...
... peace between their adopted and their native countries ( see RNC and Avis ) and showed , in their private correspondence , that they were encouraged by Eng- land's revolution and Protestantism's triumph , hoping that a ' prompt ...
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