A humanist in reformation politics : Philipp Melanchthon on political philosophy and natural law / by Mads Langballe Jensen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jensen, Mads, 1970- author.

Series:

Early modern natural law; v. 3.

Early modern natural law ; volume 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Melanchthon, Philip, 1497-1560.

Melanchthon, Philip.

Natural law.

Religion and politics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (234 pages)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : BRILL, 2020.

Summary:

This book is the first contextual account of the political philosophy and natural law theory of the German reformer Philipp Melanchthon (1497-1560). Mads Langballe Jensen presents Melanchthon as a significant political thinker in his own right and an engaged scholar drawing on the intellectual arsenal of renaissance humanism to develop a new Protestant political philosophy. As such, he also shows how and why natural law theories first became integral to Protestant political thought in response to the political and religious conflicts of the Reformation. This study offers new, contextual studies of a wide range of Melanchthon's works including his early humanist orations, commentaries on Aristotle's ethics and politics, Melanchthon's own textbooks on moral and political philosophy, and polemical works.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright / Mads Langballe Jensen

Preface: Melanchthon’s Natural Law as a Combative Concept / Mads Langballe Jensen

Acknowledgements / Mads Langballe Jensen

Melanchthon, Political Philosopher of the Protestant Reformation / Mads Langballe Jensen

Sedition, Tyranny, and Law in the Early 1520s / Mads Langballe Jensen

“The Causes That Lead Us to Institute Government and Obey Rulers” / Mads Langballe Jensen

A True and Learned Philosophy according to the Law of God / Mads Langballe Jensen

Liberty, Tyranny, and Defence of the True Religion / Mads Langballe Jensen

Melanchthonian Moral Philosophy and the Beginnings of Protestant Natural Law / Mads Langballe Jensen

Back Matter

Subject Index / Mads Langballe Jensen

Name Index / Mads Langballe Jensen.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-216) and indexes.

ISBN:

90-04-41413-4

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004414136 DOI