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Thorough analysis of the text as a whole reveals him to be a shrewd and creative operator of political language as well as a champion of the church and bishops of Castile.

An examination of a fundamental aspect of the intellectual history of early modern Europe.

Zagorin surveys some of the chief sources of early modern doctrines of dissimulation in the Bible and the works of theologians from Jerome and Augustine to Erasmus, Luther, and Calvin.

This collection of nine specially commissioned papers trace the formulation and treatment of the problem of the will from ancient philosophy through the scholastic theologians of the Middle Ages, to modern philosophy, and right up to ...

Defining lies as statements that are intended to deceive, this book considers the contexts in which people tell lies, how they are detected and sometimes exposed, and the consequences for the liars themselves, their dupes, and the wider ...

In reality, there was a rich variety of approaches to moral thinking and ethical theories during the period from 1400 to 1600. This volume investigates the paradigm changes which occurred in ethics during the early modern era (1350-1600).

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