Vitoria: Political Writings

by Francisco de Vitoria, Anthony Pagden (Editor), Jeremy Lawrance (Editor)

Overview

Francisco Vitoria was the earliest and arguably the most important of the Thomist philosophers of the counter-Reformation. His works are of great importance for an understanding of both the rise of modern absolutism, and the debate about the emergent imperialism of the European powers, and are unusually accessible since they survive in the form of summaries of his lecture courses on law and theology. Translated here into English for the first time, these texts comprise the core of Vitoria's thought, and are accompanied by a comprehensive introduction, chronology, and bibliography.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521367141
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	10/31/1991
Series:	Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	446
Product dimensions:	5.43(w) x 8.54(h) x 1.14(d)

Table of Contents

Editors' note; Abbreviations and sigla; Introduction; Principal events in Vitoria's life; Bibliographical note; Critical note on texts and translation; 1. On civil power; 2. On the power of the Church; 3. On the power of the Church; 4. On law: lectures on ST I-II 90-105; 5. On dietary laws, self-restraint (extract); 6. On the American Indians; 7. On the law of war; List of references; Biographical notes; Glossary-index.