The Renaissance Conscience (eBook)

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

"Conscience is unquestionably a key word and concept
during the period this book covers and it is illuminating to be
reminded of the diversity of contexts in which it figured. At the
same time, the editors' expression of diffidence about one
aspect of their project--they ''hope''
that the authors' ''reflections''
will contribute to ''our still modest
knowledge'' (10) -- may be more broadly
apt." (Renaissance Quarterly, 1 July 2012)