This book presents one of the first studies of the Renaissance notion of conscience, through examining theological manuals, legal treatises, letters and other sources of the period INDICE: Introduction (Harald E. Braun and Edward Vallance). 1. Jean Gerson, moral certainty and the Renaissance of ancient Scepticism (Rudolf Schüssler). 2. Conscience and the law in Thomas More (Brian Cummings). 3. Guided By God'beyond the Chilean frontier: the travelling early modern European conscience (Andrew Redden). 4. Shakespeare's open consciences (Christopher Tilmouth). 5. Women's letters, literature and conscience in sixteenth-century England (JamesDaybell). 6. The dangers of prudence: salus populi suprema lex, Robert Sanderson, and the 'Case of the Liturgy' (Edward Vallance). 7. The Bible, reason of state, and the royal conscience: Juan Márquez's El governador christiano (Harald E. Braun). 8. Spin doctor of conscience? The royal confessor and the Christian prince (Nicole Reinhardt). Notes on contributors. Index.
- ISBN: 978-1-4443-3566-8
- Editorial: Wiley-Blackwell
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 168
- Fecha Publicación: 03/12/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés