Brutus, Stephanus Junius

0558600 - FLÚ 2023 RIV NL eng E - Elektronický dokument
Vaculínová, Marta
Brutus, Stephanus Junius.
[textový soubor]. - Dordrecht: Springer, 2022, 112 kB
Institucionální podpora: RVO:67985955
Klíčová slova: Philippe du Plessis-Mornay * monarchomach theories * Neo-Latin literature
Obor OECD: History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6730-0_986-1

The name of the author is a pseudonym of one or more persons who wrote the treatise Vindiciae contra tyrannos (Verdict against Tyrants). Theodore Beza, Hubert Languet and Philippe Du Plessis Mornay have been considered the actual authors in the past and there are also conjectures about the authorship of some other persons. The thesis of Languet’s authorship or co-authorship was refuted by Béatrice Nicollier-De Weck in 1995, and so Philippe Du Plessis Mornay remains the most likely author. Vindiciae contra tyrannos is one of the most important Calvinist monarchomachical writings, written after the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre. Vindiciae had a great resonance in its time, providing arguments for the theory of resistance that were adopted long after its first publication. Compared to earlier Monarchomach writings, they also dealt in a new way with the right of neighboring states to intervene against a tyrant. We find traces of the influence of Vindiciae in the French Revolution and in the events surrounding the founding of the United States.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0332234