The Watershed Of Modern Politics: Law, Virtue, Kingship, And Consent (1300–1650) (The Emergence Of Western Political Thought In The Latin Middle Ages)

Focuses on the era of the divine right of kings, the last period when kingship was a vital political institution. Identifies the assassinations of Henry III and Henry IV of France as the start of serious challenges to royal sovereignty, with the execution of Charles I of England representing the decisiive repudiation of sacral kingship.

• | Author: Francis Oakley
• | Publisher: Yale University Press
• | Publication Date: Sep 15, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 440 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0300194439
• | ISBN-13: 9780300194432