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Montesquieu and the Spirit of Rome argues that the eighteenth-century French author Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu (1689-1755) developed a novel, comprehensive account of Roman history that framed his new political science and grounded his political teachings. Rome�...

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Main Author: Gilmore, Nathaniel K. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Liverpool : Published by Liverpool University Press on behalf of Voltaire Foundation, University of Oxford, [2022].
Series:Oxford University studies in the Enlightenment ; 2022:10.
Subjects:
Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, > baron de, > 1689-1755 > Political and social views.
Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, > baron de, > 1689-1755. > Considérations sur les causes de la grandeur des Romains.
Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, > baron de, > 1689-1755. > De l'esprit des lois.
Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, > baron de, > 1689-1755. > Lettres persanes.
Political science > History > 18th century.
Rome > History > Early works to 1800.
Rome > Historiography > Early works to 1800.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Moderating the Enlightenment: Montesquieu's Considerations on the state of Europe
  • Chapter 2. The Roman people and the virtuous republic
  • Chapter 3. The grands hommes and the Republic: the Roman elite
  • Chapter 4. Roman law reconsidered: Montesquieu's historical jurisprudence
  • Chapter 5. Tyranny and legitimacy: Rome and the social contract
  • Conclusion.