Jean Bodin, 'this pre-eminent man of France' : an intellectual biography / Howell A. Lloyd.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lloyd, Howell A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bodin, Jean, 1530-1596.

Bodin, Jean.

France--History--16th century--Biography.

France.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (311 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.

Summary:

In this intellectual biography, Howell A. Lloyd presents the first rounded treatment of influential sixteenth-century French thinker, Jean Bodin, examining his life and times, his writings (major and minor), and his ideas in their contemporary context, as well as in that of broader intellectual traditions.

Contents:

Angers

Educational pursuits

Humanist engagements

Law and history

Getting and spending

République

Estates and demons

"Propositum meum retardarunt"

Vita contemplativa

Coda: Colloquium

Conclusion.

Notes:

This edition previously issued in print: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-252065-2

0-19-183996-5

0-19-252064-4