The Renaissance Conscience

Harald E. Braun, Edward Vallance (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

176 Seiten

2011
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-1-4443-3566-8 (ISBN)

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The Renaissance Conscience presents one of the first modern studies to explore the variety of ways in which people during the Renaissance conversed with - and let themselves be guided by - their conscience.

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

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).

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

Reihe/Serie	Renaissance Studies Special Issues
Verlagsort	Hoboken
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 231 mm
Gewicht	290 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
Schlagworte	Geschichte
ISBN-10	1-4443-3566-9 / 1444335669
ISBN-13	978-1-4443-3566-8 / 9781444335668
Zustand	Neuware