Item #5236 Vindiciae, Contra Tyrannos, or, Concerning the Legitimate Power of a Prince Over the People, and of the People Over a Prince. George Garnett, ed.

Vindiciae, Contra Tyrannos, or, Concerning the Legitimate Power of a Prince Over the People, and of the People Over a Prince

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. First Paperback Edition. Very Good. Item #5236
ISBN: 0521349877

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. Stated First Paperback Edition. Octavo; 221pp. Printed paper wraps. Covers clean and crisp with light shelfwear but no chips, tears, or marks. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.

Huguenot tract originally published in 1579 concerning the relationship between the people and their king. This edition, first published in hardcover in 1994, "presents the first complete and accurate English translation of the work, a comprehensive apparatus, and an introduction [providing] the first detailed analysis of the argument and also reconsiders the much-disputed question of authorship."

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