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Chapter 3 - Frank and Free

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 April 2021

Sophie Nicholls
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University of Oxford
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Chapter Three considers central questions in the French political thought of this era, regarding the status of the ‘ancient’ constitution, the power of election and deposition, and the divisive nature of debates about succession laws. It demonstrates the complex nature and range of responses to Hotman’s Francogallia in these contexts, as well as exploring the role of both the Estates General and the often-overlooked Paris parlement in conserving the constitution. It also considers the problem of ‘popular sovereignty’ and its implications for League political thought, establishing that the Leaguers were only interested in the elective, and deposing, powers of the ‘prudent multitude’ and not the wider populace. The double incorporation of the people, as a whole, into the commonwealth and the church is shown to be centrally important in these debates.

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  • Frank and Free
  • Sophie Nicholls, University of Oxford
  • Book: Political Thought in the French Wars of Religion
  • Online publication: 23 April 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108887786.004
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  • Frank and Free
  • Sophie Nicholls, University of Oxford
  • Book: Political Thought in the French Wars of Religion
  • Online publication: 23 April 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108887786.004
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  • Frank and Free
  • Sophie Nicholls, University of Oxford
  • Book: Political Thought in the French Wars of Religion
  • Online publication: 23 April 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108887786.004
Available formats
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