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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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2016.
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| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xviii, 419 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0198703686 9780198703686 |