{"product_id":"the-foundations-of-modern-political-thought-volume-1-the-renaissance-hardback-9780521220231","title":"The Foundations of Modern Political Thought: Volume 1, The Renaissance (Hardback) 9780521220231","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Foundations of Modern Political Thought: Volume 1, The Renaissance\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA two-volume study of political thought from the late thirteenth to the end of the sixteenth century.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eQuentin Skinner (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521220231, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 30 November 1978\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e332 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16 x 2.6 cm, 0.642 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eA two-volume study of political thought from the late thirteenth to the end of the sixteenth century, the decisive period of transition from medieval to modern political theory. The work is intended to be both an introduction to the period for students, and a presentation and justification of a particular approach to the interpretation of historical texts. Quentin Skinner gives an outline account of all the principal texts of the period, discussing in turn the chief political writings of Dante, Marsiglio, Bartolus, Machiavelli, Erasmus and more, Luther and Calvin, Bodin and the Calvinist revolutionaries. But he also examines a very large number of lesser writers in order to explain the general social and intellectual context in which these leading theorists worked. He thus presents the history not as a procession of 'classic texts' but are more readily intelligible. He traces by this means the gradual emergence of the vocabulary of modern political thought, and in particular the crucial concept of the State.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Notes on the text\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Origins of the Renaissance: 1. The ideal of liberty\u003cbr\u003e 2. Rhetoric and liberty\u003cbr\u003e 3. Scholasticism and liberty\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Italian Renaissance: 4. The Florentine renaissance\u003cbr\u003e 5. The age of princes\u003cbr\u003e 6. The survival of republican values\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Northern Renaissance: 7. The diffusion of humanist scholarship\u003cbr\u003e 8. The reception of humanist political thought\u003cbr\u003e 9. The humanist critique of humanism\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography of primary sources\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography of secondary sources\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of ideas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of ideas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20ideas%20%5BJFCX%5D%22\"\u003eJFCX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004993196312,"sku":"9780521220231","price":91.88,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521220231.gif?v=1691373998","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-foundations-of-modern-political-thought-volume-1-the-renaissance-hardback-9780521220231","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}