The Cambridge history of political thought, 1450-1700 / edited by J.H. Burns with the assistance of Mark Goldie.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [703]-776) and indexes.

Humanism and political theory / Anthony Grafton -- Italian political thought, 1450-1530 / Nicolai Rubinstein -- Law / Donald R. Kelley -- Transalpine humanism / Brendan Bradshaw -- Scholasticism : survival and revival / J.H. Burns -- Christian obedience and authority, 1520-1550 / Francis Oakley -- Calvinism and resistance theory, 1550-1580 / Robert M. Kingdon -- Catholic resistance theory, Ultramontanism, and the royalist response, 1580-1620 / J.H.M. Salmon -- Constitutionalism / Howell A. Lloyd -- Sovereignty and the mixed constitution : Bodin and his critics / Julian H. Franklin -- Utopianism / J.C. Davis -- Absolutism and royalism / J.P. Sommerville -- England : ancient constitution and common law / Corinne C. Weston -- Leveller democracy and the Puritan revolution / David Wootton -- English republicanism / Blair Worden. Tacitism, scepticism, and reason of state / Peter Burke -- Grotius and Selden / Richard Tuck -- Hobbes and Spinoza / Noel Malcolm -- Pufendorf / Alfred Dufour -- The reception of Hobbes / Mark Goldie -- Locke / James Tully -- Conclusion / J.H. Burns.