Voices of conscience : royal confessors and political counsel in seventeenth-century Spain and France /

This work examines the role of royal confessors as political counsellors in seventeenth-century Spain and France, and how, against the backdrop of the momentous intellectual, theological, and political shifts that marked this period, questions of conscience became a major argument in the hegemonic s...

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Main Author: Reinhardt, Nicole (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Edition:First Edition.
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Summary:This work examines the role of royal confessors as political counsellors in seventeenth-century Spain and France, and how, against the backdrop of the momentous intellectual, theological, and political shifts that marked this period, questions of conscience became a major argument in the hegemonic struggle between the two competing Catholic powers.--Publishers description.
Physical Description:xviii, 419 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0198703686
9780198703686