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.
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"This is an excellent book, well worth attention by a broad range of students and scholars." Renaissance Quarterly
"Long in preparation, this is the first attempt in some time to survey Jesuit political philosophy in the first century of the Society of Jesus. Höpfl traces key arguments in all the major Jesuit political treatises." CHOICE May 2005
"The result of this thorough research into the sources and judicious weighing of what Jesuits of the epoch actually thought helps the reader get to the core of the matter." - Journal of Church and State, Kevin B. Fagan, California State University, San Luis Obispo
"Höpfl's book spans a turbulent period of political history in Europe...in an intelligent and exhaustive analysis. The book is a valuable addition to the relatively insubstantial historiography on the Society of Jesus in this period, surveying the intellectual contribution of the Society's headliners such as Francisco Suarez, Gabriel Vasquez, Robert Persons, and Juan de Mariana." - Sophie Nicholls, H-Ideas
"Long in preparation, this is the first attempt in some time to survey Jesuit political philosophy in the first century of the Society of Jesus. Höpfl traces key arguments in all the major Jesuit political treatises." CHOICE May 2005
"The result of this thorough research into the sources and judicious weighing of what Jesuits of the epoch actually thought helps the reader get to the core of the matter." - Journal of Church and State, Kevin B. Fagan, California State University, San Luis Obispo
"Höpfl's book spans a turbulent period of political history in Europe...in an intelligent and exhaustive analysis. The book is a valuable addition to the relatively insubstantial historiography on the Society of Jesus in this period, surveying the intellectual contribution of the Society's headliners such as Francisco Suarez, Gabriel Vasquez, Robert Persons, and Juan de Mariana." - Sophie Nicholls, H-Ideas
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Despite the significance of the Society of Jesus in Counter-Reformation Europe and beyond, important issues relating to this society's collective history are little understood, leading to unfounded myths. How far 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 here the first full-length study of Jesuit thinking about the secular world, analysed in its proper historical context.
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The Society of Jesus was not the first religious order to find itself involved in political controversy or in articulating a political theology. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Society of Jesus, Robert Persons, Holy Roman Empire, Catholic Church, Supreme Pontiff, Leicester's Commonwealth, Peace of Augsburg, Roman College, Adam Contzen, The Work of Six Days, French Jesuits, Old Testament, The First Jesuits, Gunpowder Plot, Jesuit Political Thought, Maximilian of Bavaria, Papist Pamphleteers, Societatis Jesu, Venetian Interdict, Vicar of Christ, Ways of Lying, Divine Right of Kings, Francisco Borja, Innocent Gentillet, Jakob Gretser New!
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The Society of Jesus was not the first religious order to find itself involved in political controversy or in articulating a political theology. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Society of Jesus, Robert Persons, Holy Roman Empire, Catholic Church, Supreme Pontiff, Leicester's Commonwealth, Peace of Augsburg, Roman College, Adam Contzen, The Work of Six Days, French Jesuits, Old Testament, The First Jesuits, Gunpowder Plot, Jesuit Political Thought, Maximilian of Bavaria, Papist Pamphleteers, Societatis Jesu, Venetian Interdict, Vicar of Christ, Ways of Lying, Divine Right of Kings, Francisco Borja, Innocent Gentillet, Jakob Gretser New!
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- Interpretation and Meaning in the Renaissance: The Case of Law (Ideas in Context) by Ian Maclean on 4 pages
- Natural Law, Vol. 1 (The International Library of Essays in Law & Legal Theory, Schools 1.1) by John Finnis on 4 pages
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