Lawson Politica sacra et civilis [Paperback]

Lawson's Politica, a seventeenth-century treatise on politics in church and state.Lawson's Politica is a systematic treatise on politics in church and state. This new modern edition is based on, and corrects, the first printed editions of 1660 and 1689 and contains an extensive introduction and notes designed to make this significant work accessible to both students and specialists.Lawson's Politica is a systematic treatise on politics in church and state. This new modern edition is based on, and corrects, the first printed editions of 1660 and 1689 and contains an extensive introduction and notes designed to make this significant work accessible to both students and specialists.Lawson's Politica is a systematic treatise on politics in church and state and is arguably the most significant work of political theory to have been printed during the Restoration crisis of 1659-60. It was widely discussed during the seventeenth century and particularly the revolution of 1688-9. This new modern edition is based on, and corrects the first printed editions of 1660 and 1689, and contains an extensive introduction and notes designed to make this significant work accessible to both students and specialists.Preface; Editor's introduction; A note on the text; Bibliographical guide; Principal dates; Epistle to the reader; Dedicatory poem; The arguments of the several chapters; 1. Of government in general, and the original thereof; 2. Of government in general, and of a community civil; 3. Of an ecclesiastical community; 4. Of a commonwealth in general, and power civil; 5. Of the manner how civil power is acquired; 6. Of power ecclesiastical; 7. Of the manner of acquiring ecclesiastical power; 8. Of the disposition of power civil, and the several forms of government; 9. Of the disposition of ecclesiastical power: and first, whether it be due unto the Bishop of Rome; 10. Whether the civil state have any good title to the Power of the Keys; 11. Whether episcopacy be the primary subjectl–