Dialogue on the Law of Kingship among the Scots
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A01=Martin S. Smith
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Ab Eo
Ac Si
Alexander III
Author_Martin S. Smith
Author_Roger A. Mason
Buchanan's Account
Buchanan’s Account
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Causa Fuit
constitutional thought
cum
De Iure Regni Apud Scotos
dubio
early modern monarchy
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est
Est Quod
Inter Se
James III
Modo Sed
nam
Nam Cum
Nam Si
Nisi Tu
Nunc Vero
political philosophy
Politike Power
popular sovereignty
procul
Procul Dubio
quam
Quam Ut
quid
Quid Si
quod
Quod Si
resistance theory
Scottish Renaissance political theory
Sed Nec
Si Ad
ton
tyrannicide doctrine
Ut Eorum
Ut Quod
Vereor Ne
yelver
Young Man
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- ISBN 9781859284087
- Weight: 603g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 19 Mar 2004
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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George Buchanan (1506-82) was one of the most distinguished humanists of the Northern European Renaissance. Hailed by his contemporaries as the greatest Latin poet of his age, he is chiefly remembered today as a radical political theorist whose Dialogus, first published in Edinburgh in 1579, justified the deposition of Mary, Queen of Scots in 1567 on the basis of a theory of popular sovereignty, which vested in the people the right to resist, depose and kill tyrannical monarchs. Dedicated to his pupil James VI, whose violent reaction against his tutor's ideas led him to develop his own views on the divine right of kings, Buchanan's work nevertheless proved immensely influential both in Britain and on the Continent, making a notable contribution to the debates over the nature and location of sovereignty which would finally bear fruit in the writings of John Locke. This new edition, featuring facing-page Latin text and English translation, is accompanied by extensive notes and commentary on Buchanan's classical and contemporary sources and a detailed introduction that examines the development of Buchanan's political thought, the context in which the Dialogus was written and published, and an extended analysis of the text itself.
Roger A. Mason, Martin S. Smith
