Justus Lipsius, Monita et exempla politica / Political Admonitions and Examples

Edited with Translation, Commentary and Introduction

Toon van Houdt editor Jan Papy editor Marijke Janssens editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Leuven University Press

Published:30th May '22

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Justus Lipsius, Monita et exempla politica / Political Admonitions and Examples cover

In 17th-century intellectual life, the ideas of the Renaissance humanist Justus Lipsius (1547-1606) were omnipresent. The publication of his Politica in 1589 had made Lipsius's name as an original and controversial political thinker. The sequel, the Monita et exempla politica (Admonitions), published in 1605, was meant as an illustration of Lipsius's political thought as expounded in the Politica. Its aim was to offer concrete models of behavior for rulers against the background of Habsburg politics. Lipsius's later political treatise also forms an indispensable key to interpret the place and function of the Politica in Lipsius's political discourse and in early modern political thought. The Admonitions - widely read, edited and translated in the 17th and 18th centuries - show Lipsius's pivotal role in the genesis of modern political philosophy.

ISBN: 9789462703056

Dimensions: 240mm x 160mm x 45mm

Weight: 1450g

696 pages