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Record Nr.

UNINA9910648572203321

Autore

Burzynski Jan

Titolo

Melancholy of Power : Perception of Tyranny in European Political Culture of the 16th Century

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Frankfurt a.M. : , : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, , 2021

©2021

ISBN

3-631-84994-X

3-631-84951-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (504 pages)

Collana

Geschichte - Erinnerung - Politik. Studies in History, Memory and Politics ; ; v.41

Altri autori (Persone)

AnessiThomas

KakolewskiIgor

Disciplina

940.2

Soggetti

Political culture - Europe - History - 16th century

Political culture

History

Europe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Part One. Chapter II. The Machiavellian Moment and the Political Correctness of ErasmusPart One. Chapter III. Thomas More and Niccolò Machiavelli: Tyrannical Readings of the Renaissance?Part Two. Chapter I. The Reformation: from Obedience to the Right to Resistance - Tyranny as a Paradigm of Religious Alienation.

Sommario/riassunto

The book discusses how the most severe abuses of political power, traditionally termed from the ancient times as 'tyranny', were presented in 16th century political philosophy, propaganda, and literature in Italy, France, England, Scotland, German countries, and Poland-Lithuania.