Vindiciae contra tyrannos, or, Concerning the legitimate power of a prince over the people, and of the people over a prince
By: Stephanus Junius Brutus, the Celt ; edited and translated by George Garnett.
Contributors: Garnett, George.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
Subjects: Political science.; Kings and rulers -- Duties.; Despotism.
Other titles: Vindiciae contra tyrannos.; Concerning the legitimate power of a prince over the people.
Description: The Vindiciae, Contra Tyrannos was the most infamous of the monarchomach treatises produced during the French wars of religion, and continued to be revered (or execrated) as a key part of the radical canon for well over a century after its publication. It is one of the first attempts to advance a systematic justification, with interlocking secular and religious arguments, of resistance against legitimately constituted political authority.

This edition presents the first complete and accurate English translation of the work, a comprehensive apparatus, and an introduction which provides the first detailed analysis of the argument and also reconsiders the much-disputed question of authorship. It will be of interest to a wide range of scholars working on the history of political thought and early modern Europe.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Translated from the Latin.