Ideas of Liberty in Early Modern Europe From Machiavelli to Milton |
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| Author:
| Gatti, Hilary |
| ISBN: | 978-0-691-17611-6 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2017 |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $24.95 |
Book Description:
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Europe's long sixteenth century--a period spanning the years roughly from the voyages of Columbus in the 1490s to the English Civil War in the 1640s--was an era of power struggles between avaricious and unscrupulous princes, inquisitions and torture chambers, and religious differences of ever more violent fervor. Ideas of Liberty in Early Modern Eu
Europe's long sixteenth century--a period spanning the years roughly from the voyages of Columbus in the 1490s to the English Civil War in the 1640s--was an era of power struggles between avaricious and unscrupulous princes, inquisitions and torture chambers, and religious differences of ever more violent fervor. Ideas of Liberty in Early Modern Eu