Changes of State: Nature and the Limits of the City in Early Modern Natural Law

by Annabel Brett

Book Overview

This is a book about the theory of the city or commonwealth, what would come to be called the state, in early modern natural law discourse. Annabel Brett takes a fresh approach by looking at this political entity from the perspective of its boundaries and those who crossed them. She begins with a classic debate from the Spanish sixteenth century over the political treatment of mendicants, showing how cosmopolitan ideals of porous boundaries could...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691162417
• ISBN13: 9780691162416
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"