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Chapter 2 - The Politique Leaguer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 April 2021

Sophie Nicholls
Sophie Nicholls
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University of Oxford
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Chapter Two examines the status of political science, or prudence, in the League years. It looks at ways in which some leading League intellectuals sought to reclaim the idea of the ‘politique’ for their own cause, aligning the League with ‘correct’ political reasoning that reconciled Catholic orthodoxy with French political identity, and condemning the ‘false’ political reasoning of the so-called Machiavellians who opposed the movement. Intellectually speaking this chapter demonstrates that we can, therefore, discuss the notion of the ‘politique Leaguer’, and identify the common ground of understanding that united lawyers in the Paris parlement.

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PolitiquesScience politiquebien publicMachiavellireason of statepolitical Augustinianism.
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Political Thought in the French Wars of Religion , pp. 35 - 61
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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  • The Politique Leaguer
  • Sophie Nicholls, University of Oxford
  • Book: Political Thought in the French Wars of Religion
  • Online publication: 23 April 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108887786.003
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  • The Politique Leaguer
  • Sophie Nicholls, University of Oxford
  • Book: Political Thought in the French Wars of Religion
  • Online publication: 23 April 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108887786.003
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  • The Politique Leaguer
  • Sophie Nicholls, University of Oxford
  • Book: Political Thought in the French Wars of Religion
  • Online publication: 23 April 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108887786.003
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