The Renaissance Conscience

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4443-3566-8
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 226 mm, Gewicht: 295 g

This book presents one of the first studies of the Renaissance notion of conscience, through examining theological manuals, legal treatises, letters and other sources of the period. - Represents one of the few modern studies exploring developments in scholastic and Renaissance notions of conscience
- Synthesizes literary, theological and historical approaches
- Presents case studies from England and the Hispanic World that reveal shared traditions, strategies, and conclusions regarding moral uncertainty
- Sheds new light on the crises of conscience of ordinary people, as well as prominent individuals such as Thomas More
- Offers new research on the ways practical theologians in England, Spain, and France participated in political debate and interacted with secular counsellors and princes

Autoren/Hrsg.

Braun, Harald E

Vallance, Edward

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Geisteswissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Notes on contributors ix
Introduction (Harald E. Braun and Edward Vallance) 1

1 Jean Gerson, moral certainty and the Renaissance of ancient Scepticism (Rudolf Schüssler) 11

2 Conscience and the law in Thomas More (Brian Cummings) 29

3 'Guided By God' beyond the Chilean frontier: the travelling early modern European conscience (Andrew Redden) 52

4 Shakespeare's open consciences (Christopher Tilmouth) 67

5 Women's letters, literature and conscience in sixteenth-century England (James Daybell) 82

6 The dangers of prudence: salus populi suprema lex, Robert Sanderson, and the 'Case of the Liturgy' (Edward Vallance) 100

7 The Bible, reason of state, and the royal conscience: Juan Márquez’s El governador christiano (Harald E. Braun) 118

8 Spin doctor of conscience? The royal confessor and the Christian prince (Nicole Reinhardt) 134

Index 157

Über Autor(innen)

Harald E. Braun is Lecturer in European History (1300-1700) at the University of Liverpool. His publications include Juan de Mariana SJ (1535-1624) and Early Modern Spanish Political Thought (2007).
Edward Vallance is Reader in Early Modern History at London's Roehampton University. His most recent publication is A Radical History of Britain: Visionaries, Rebels and Revolutionaries, the Men and Women Who Fought for Our Freedoms (2009).