New essays on the political thought of the Huguenots of the Refuge / / edited by John Christian Laursen.

• Superior document: Brill's studies in intellectual history, volume 60
• TeilnehmendeR: Laursen, John Christian,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, New York : : E.J. Brill,, 1995.
• Year of Publication: 1995
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 60.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (227 pages)

The Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685 led to a large diaspora of French Huguenots, known as the Refuge . Spreading throughout Europe, many of these Huguenots used their literary and polemical talents in the development of political ideas that would help them in their efforts to return to France, or in their adjustment to living outside of France. Arguably, their predicament turned some of them into cosmopolitans and instigated their contributions to the theory and practice of freedom of the press and economic freedom. As in the case of other diaspora cultures, expulsion from France evidently drove the refugees to new levels of political awareness and new heights of argumentative creativity. The work of the famous and industrious refugee Pierre Bayle has been credited with inspiring the great figures of Enlightenment and modernity. Too often, however, the work of less famous figures who contributed to the ethos of this period has been neglected. This volume contains explorations in the originality and influence of many of those figures, while pointing to the need for more work in the area. Contributors include: Daniel Brühlmeier, Pauline Haour, T.J. Hochstrasser, John Christian Laursen, Fabrizio Lomonaco, Bertram E. Schwarzbach, and Simone Zurbuchen.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / John Christian Laursen -- INTRODUCTION / John Christian Laursen -- CHAPTER ONE: THE CLAIMS OF CONSCIENCE: NATURAL LAW THEORY, OBLIGATION, AND RESISTANCE IN THE HUGUENOT DIASPORA / T.J. Hochstrasser -- CHAPTER TWO: NATURAL LAW AND EARLY ECONOMIC THOUGHT IN BARBEYRAC, BURLAMAQUI, AND VATTEL / Daniel Brtihlmeier -- CHAPTER THREE: IMPOSTORS AND LIARS: CLANDESTINE MANUSCRIPTS AND THE LIMITS OF FREEDOM OF THE PRESS IN THE HUGUENOT NETHERLANDS / John Christian Laursen -- CHAPTER FOUR: POLITICS AND ETHICS IN THE HUGUENOT DIASPORA: ISAAC DE BEAUSOBRE IN BERLIN / Bertram Schwarzbach -- CHAPTER FIVE: ANTOINE COURT AND REFUGEE POLITICAL THOUGHT (1719-1752) / Pauline Haour -- CHAPTER SIX: JAUCOURT, REPUBLICANISM, AND TOLERATION / Simone Zurbuchen -- CHAPTER SEVEN: HUGUENOT CRITICAL THEORY AND \'IUS MAIESTATIS\' IN HUBER AND ALTHUSIUS / Fabrizio Lomonaco -- Appendices: Latin and English versions of Johannes Althusius, 1610 Preface to Politica Methodice Digesta / John Christian Laursen -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS / John Christian Laursen -- BIBLIOGRAPHY / John Christian Laursen -- INDEX / John Christian Laursen.