Search Results - "Peace"

War and peace critical issues in European societies and literature 800-1800 /

Table of Contents: “…Theoretical and historical reflections -- Literary case studies -- Criticism of war in medieval literature -- Historical voices against war and pragmatic aspects of war -- Attempts to establish peace and to reach out for toleration or tolerance -- Severe criticism of war -- Philosophical reflections upon war -- Research on war and peace in the middle ages and the early modern time -- Intellectuals' protest of and analysis of war -- Critical summaries of the contributions.…”
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The rights of war and peace : political thought and the international order from Grotius to Kant / by Tuck, Richard, 1949-

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Walking in the way of peace Quaker pacifism in the seventeenth century / by Weddle, Meredith Baldwin, 1939-

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War and peace in the Baltic, 1560-1790 by Oakley, Stewart P.

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Feminism, absolutism, and Jansenism Louis XIV and the Port Royal nuns / by Kostroun, Daniella J., 1970-

Table of Contents: “…Jansenism as a "woman problem" -- Controversy and reform at Port Royal -- Jansenism's political turn, 1652-1661 -- The limits to obedience, 1661-1664 -- A feminist response to absolutism, 1664-1669 -- The unsettled peace, 1669-1679 -- A royal victory, 1679-1709.…”
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Machiavelli, Hobbes, and the formation of a liberal republicanism in England by Sullivan, Vickie B.

Table of Contents: “…Machiavelli's Republicanism -- Hobbes on peace, the passions, and politics -- Marchamont Nedham and the beginnings of a liberal republicanism -- The distinctive modern republicanism of James Harrington -- Henry Neville's proposal for a republic under the form of monarchy -- Algernon Sidney as anticipator of Locke and secret admirer of Machiavelli -- Cato's thought as the reconciliation of Machiavellian Republicanism and Lockean Liberalism.…”
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Blood and violence in early modern France by Carroll, Stuart, 1965-

Table of Contents: “…Violence and society -- Justice and the law -- Peace -- Women, sex, and vindicatory violence -- III. …”
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