The Power of Necessity: Reason of State in the Spanish Monarchy, C. 1590-1650

ISBN-13: 9781316513149 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 325 str.

Lisa (University of Cambridge) Kattenberg

Opis

Exploring reason of state in a global monarchy, this book bridges the gap between theory and practice in political thought.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: politics between principle and pragmatism; 2. Necessity and counter-reformation reason of state; 3. 'The inexhaustible ocean of politics': Tacitus and the political counsel of history; 4. Virgilio Malvezzi and the mosaics of morality and necessity; 5. Experience, conscience and necessity: Spanish debates about peace or truce in the Netherlands; Conclusion.