Politics and "politiques" in sixteenth-century France : a conceptual history / Emma Claussen, University of Cambridge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Claussen, Emma, 1989- author.

Series:

Ideas in context ; 134.

Ideas in context ; 134

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science--France--History--16th century.

Political science.

Political science--France--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 282 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Summary:

During the French Wars of Religion, the nature and identity of politics was the subject of passionate debate and controversy. The word 'politique', in both sixteenth-century and contemporary French, refers to the theory and practice of politics - 'la politique' - and the statesman or politician - 'le politique' - who theorised and practised this art. The term became invested with significance and danger in early modern France. Its mobilisation in dialogues, treatises, debates, and polemics of the French Wars of Religion was a crucial feature of sixteenth-century experiences of the political. Emma Claussen investigates questions of language and power over the course of a tumultuous century, when politics, emerging as a discipline in its own right, seemed to offer a solution to civil discord but could be fatally dangerous in the wrong hands. By placing this important term in the context of early modern political, doctrinal and intellectual debates, Emma Claussen demonstrates how politics can be understood in relation to the wider linguistic and conceptual struggles of the age, and in turn influenced them.

Contents:

Cover

Half-title

Series information

Title page

Copyright information

Dedication

Contents

List of Figures

Preface

Acknowledgements

Note on the Text

Part I The Politique Problem

Chapter 1 Politics and Politiques

Histories of Politics

Histories of Politiques

Approaches

Methods

Sources

Politics and Politiques

Chapter 2 Pre-Histories and Word Histories

Weeds in the Garden of France

Origins

Between Philosophers and Princes before 1550: Budé and Rabelais

Politiques in Dialogue(s) c. 1550-68: Le Caron, Pasquier, L'Hospital

La Noue and Montaigne: Surviving Fragments

Part II C. 1568-78

Chapter 3 Wise Politiques? Jean Bodin and Loys Le Roy

The République and the Politiques d'Aristote

Introducing La Science Politique

Aristotle's Politiques?

Prudent Politiques

Bodin's Sages Politiques

Politique Self-Fashioning

Chapter 4 A Wake-Up Call and A Call to Arms: Le reveille-matin des François and Simon Goulart's Mémoires de l'estat de France

The Borrowers: The Reveille-matin and the Mémoires

The Politique's Wake-Up Call

Le Politique contre Machiavel

The Politique Reader, between Liberty and Servitude

Memory and Projection: The Politique Agent

Part III C. 1588-94

Chapter 5 'What Is This Monster?' The 'Bad' Politique

Mixed Merchandise: A Proliferation of Politiques

The 'Bad' Politique

Mixed Messages

Politique Manners

The Politique Body

The Politique Monster

Chapter 6 Strange Meeting: The Dialogue d'entre le Maheustre et le Manant, and the Satyre ménippée

Dialogue and Satire

Naming, Renaming, and Redescribing: 'Our Friends, Whom You Call Politiques'

Redescription and Resistance

Redescription/Conversion

'The Politiques Who Distort Meaning'

Redescribing Borders

Conclusion

Bibliography.

Manuscript Primary Sources

Archives nationales de France (AN)

Bibliothèque nationale de France (BNF)

Printed Primary Sources

Secondary Sources

Internet Sources

Lectures

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Jun 2021).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-108-94521-X

1-108-94597-X

1-108-93358-0

OCLC:

1228910882