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Paolo Sarpi : a servant of God and state / by Jaska Kainulainen ; Vincenzo Giaconi, cover illustration.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kainulainen, Jaska, author.
- Series:
- Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions ; Volume 180.
- Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions, 1573-4188 ; Volume 180
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Historians--Italy--Venice--Biography.
- Historians.
- Statesmen--Italy--Venice--Biography.
- Statesmen.
- Venice (Italy)--Intellectual life.
- Venice (Italy).
- Servites--Italy--Venice--Biography.
- Servites.
- Sarpi, Paolo, 1552-1623.
- Sarpi, Paolo.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (302 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden, Netherlands : Brill, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book is an intellectual biography of the Venetian historian and theologian Paolo Sarpi (1552-1623). It analyses Sarpi's natural philosophy, religious ideas and political thought. Kainulainen argues that Sarpi was influenced by Neostoicism, Neoepicureanism and the sixteenth-century scientific revolution; that Sarpi was a fideist and Christian mortalist who, while critical of the contemporary Church of Rome, admired the purity of the early church. Focusing on Sarpi’s separation between church and state, his use of absolutism, divine right of kings and reason of state, the book offers a fresh perspective on medieval and reformation traditions. It will be of interest to those interested in early-modern intellectual history and the interplay between science, religion and politics in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century political discourse.
- Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Sarpi’s Venice
- 3 Ubiquity of Motion
- 4 Postlapsarian Man
- 5 Christian Mortalism
- 6 Servitude to God and State
- 7 Sovereignty, Obedience and Absolutism
- 8 The Interest of the State
- 9 Epilogue
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index of Names and Subjects.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 90-04-26674-7
- OCLC:
- 874321309
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004266742 DOI
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