A Treatise of Orders and Plain Dignities [Paperback]

An important and influential treatise on public power which influenced French thinkers from its publication in 1610 until the end of the ancien regime.The first English edition of a treatise that influenced French thinkers from its publication in 1610 until the end of the ancien régime. The introduction sets this text in the context of Loyseau's own political thesis as well as the intellectual milieu of those who administered early-modern France.The first English edition of a treatise that influenced French thinkers from its publication in 1610 until the end of the ancien régime. The introduction sets this text in the context of Loyseau's own political thesis as well as the intellectual milieu of those who administered early-modern France.This is the first English edition of a treatise that influenced French thinkers from its publication in 1610 until the end of the ancien régime. In his Treatise of Orders and Plain Dignities, Charles Loyseau set out to harmonize with law his fellow citizens' values and behavior in the crucial sphere of possession and exercise of public power. The introduction to this edition sets this important text in the context of Loyseau's own political thesis and the intellectual milieu of those who administered early-modern France.Acknowledgements; Introduction; Principal events in Loyseau's life; Bibliographical note; Note on translation and citations; List of abbreviations; Biographical notes; Dedicatory epistle: Charles Loyseau to the Honourable Jean Forget; Preface; 1. Of order in general; 2. Of the Roman orders; 3. Of the order of the clergy; 4. Of the order of nobility in general; 5. Of plain gentlemen; 6. Of the high nobility; 7. Of princes; 8. Of the third estate; 9. Of solemn deprivation of order; 10. Of the plain dignities of Rome; 11. Of the plain dignities of France; Index. This first-ever English-language edition of a once-celebrated work by a contemporary of Jean Bodin is a valuable contribution to thelƒ/