257:(roughly, members of the "ruling class"), in the case of tyranny, is for a prince or group of rulers of provinces, extended to the provincial "authorities", this matching the situation of the Revolt. Althusius was closer to Zwingli than Calvin in his approach, in fact, and clarified his views on church and state in successive editions.
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comments that, while Pym almost certainly was familiar with resistance theory in its
Protestant form, around the time in early 1642 when the First English Civil War was breaking out, he was too good a politician to show that he knew it. Russell has also argued that the Parliamentarians were almost
416:(1579), and dedicated to James, he felt that Buchanan had used Scottish history to support his claims only by misprision; and those views led to disorder. These opinions he did not vary on becoming king in England five years later; as for religious strife he was a
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took place in the 1620s with a shared consensus assumption against the legitimacy of resistance. It has been argued that the theorising from the late sixteenth century on the
English ancient constitution was an "antidote" to resistance theory.
578:
cleric, brought Whig resistance theories into prominence and focus, by generating a controversial literature. These developments broke apart any semblance of unity in
Anglican resistance theory.
53:. Resistance theories could justify disobedience on religious grounds to monarchs, and were significant in European national politics and international relations in the century leading up to the
436:, wrote in the period 1605–10 on resistance theory in a way equating it with a Catholic tradition; Owen commented that the analogy general council is to papacy as peers to monarchy is false.
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is usually taken to be a part of legal theory, and was no novelty in the early modern period. Arguments about the two concepts do overlap, and the distinction is not so clear in debates.
168:" in a state, faced with the situation where the "supreme power" is working to destroy true religion, under very specific circumstances (such as when the
590:(1710), made opposite and incompatible claims about the treatment of resistance in Richard Hooker, who by now was an iconic figure in Anglican theology.
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385:. Bilson argued against religion alone as a basis for resistance, so discounting the resistance theories of Christopher Goodman, John Knox and
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of the time, and developed through controversy and political alignment. This situation came about because the opposite "cismontane" tendency,
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may be resisted, by individuals or groups. In the
European context it came to prominence as a consequence of the religious divisions in the
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grew up alongside the early modern resistance theories, rather than preceding them. Reference was made, for example by
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It is argued that the beginnings of
Protestant resistance theory lay in the legal positions worked out after the 1530
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as now understood. The resistance theory of the early modern period can be considered to predate the formulations of
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clause is fulfilled) may go further than non-cooperation with the supreme power and assist the faithful to resist.
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around 1680 in
British politics, and its initial purpose was to resist the legitimate succession to the throne of
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opposed to the "liberties" claimed by the
Gallican Church, and defenders of ultramontanism. The tradition of the
315:, came to reason in favour of the limitations on royal power that their opponents denied. The position after the
237:
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Revolutionary
England and the National Covenant: state oaths, Protestantism, and the political nation, 1553-1682
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The various strands did not develop separately, and drew on pre-Reformation thinkers as well as contemporaries.
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Expands: Modern political thought after the Reformation, 1521 (Luther) to 1762 (Rousseau)
509:. "Whig resistance theory" had numerous strands, in particular when compared with the opposing legitimists (
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Royal and Republican Sovereignty in Early Modern Europe: essays in memory of Ragnhild Hatton
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stands for authority in the legal form. In effect "magistrate" here may stand for
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The Evolving Reputation of Richard Hooker: An Examination of Responses, 1600–1714
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A context for resistance theory in England was in the theoretical discussions of
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set out his views on the relationship of king and subjects, against the current
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The True Difference betweene Christian Subiection and Unchristian Rebellion
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pointed to exemplars of resistance theory (and were not unique in that).
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was a church open to Calvinist ideas, rather than a Calvinist church:
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contained annotations with political content similar to those in the
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he argued against the distinction from the right of self-defence and
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completely successful in avoiding formulating a resistance theory.
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had become a source of great tension. But in theological terms
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The Original and Institution of Civil Government Discuss'd
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Christian resistance theories of the early modern period
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A History of Political Thought in the Sixteenth Century
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The Cambridge History of Political Thought, 1450-1700
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of an older tradition, in harmony with the views of
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of citizens, and to co-exist with considerations of
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381:. It was reprinted in 1643, at the outbreak of the
285:from political society (an issue of pacification).
888:King James VI and I and the Reunion of Christendom
217:The literature includes but is not limited to the
406:theories and especially the resistance theory of
852:Robert Oresko, G. C. Gibbs, Hamish M. Scott,
513:) and the other major political faction, the
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455:Resistance theory and the English Civil war
339:Resistance theory and the Church of England
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938:The Politics of the Ancient Constitution
969:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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76:" is a theory about the limitations on
677:John R. Stumme and Robert W. Tuttle,
116:, as "lesser magistrates", or to the
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1000:The Causes of the English Civil War
666:Bekenntnis Unterricht und Vermanung
327:was defended, in indirect form, by
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27:For broader historical focus, see
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205:The Monstruous Regiment of Women
586:who was an extreme Whig in his
501:was founded at the time of the
395:The True Law of Free Monarchies
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890:(2000), pp. 23–4 and pp. 67–8.
186:The mainstream ideas from the
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108:to classical history: to the
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88:The language of magistracy
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221:resistance theory of the
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373:, in the context of the
63:natural and legal rights
899:Lisa Ferraro Parmelee,
383:First English Civil War
229:produced the 1574 work
223:French Wars of Religion
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389:as politically based.
349:Elizabethan Settlement
279:accountable government
274:De jure belli ac pacis
164:. It argues that the "
51:Protestant Reformation
1070:Early modern politics
566:The trial in 1710 of
265:Dutch Reformed Church
180:Further information:
158:Landgraviate of Hesse
82:right of self-defence
714:John William Allen,
529:, indeed preferring
465:ancient constitution
447:was compatible with
400:James VI of Scotland
325:papal deposing power
263:, expelled from the
255:inferior magistrates
232:Right of Magistrates
188:Magdeburg Confession
162:Magdeburg Confession
154:Electorate of Saxony
114:Spartan Constitution
1053:(2006), pp. 188–90.
628:Arthur P. Monahan,
610:Popular sovereignty
545:Glorious Revolution
507:James, Duke of York
196:Christopher Goodman
55:Peace of Westphalia
47:early modern period
29:right of revolution
1075:Political theories
903:(1996), pp. 88–9;
783:(2010), p. 29–30;
763:et al. (editors),
681:(2003), pp. 41–2;
632:(2007), pp. 55–6;
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527:passive resistance
369:published in 1585
251:Johannes Althusius
166:subordinate powers
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741:Patrick Collinson
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469:Thirty Years' War
375:Treaty of Nonsuch
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