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

By Nicole , Reinhardt

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2016
ISBN
0198703686, 978-0-19-870368-6, 9780191772856, 0191772852
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3379914 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
480\438
Time added
2017-04-22 03:00:00
Confessors;History;17th century;Spain;Kings and ru

Description

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 Abstract: 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

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