Faith and Reason of State : Lessons from Early Modern Europe and Cardinal Richelieu.

Intro -- FAITH AND REASON OF STATE:LESSONS FROM EARLY MODERNEUROPE AND CARDINAL RICHELIEU -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION:THE CONTEMPORARY RESURGENCEOF RELIGION AND THE 'DISTANT MIRROR'OF EARLY MODERN FRANCE -- ABSTRACT -- A. THE RESURGENCE OF RELIGION -- B. A 'DISTANT MIRROR'?25 EARLY MODERN FRANCE -- THE FORMULATION OF THE CONCEPTOF REASON OF STATE INEARLY MODERN EUROPE -- ABSTRACT -- A. REASON OF STATE:AN EARLY MODERN EUROPEAN CONCEPT -- B. INTRODUCING REASON OF STATE: NICCOLÒMACHIAVELLI AND FRANCESCO GUICCIARDINI -- C. CONSTRUCTING A MODERATE REASON OF STATE:FROM INNOCENT GENTILLET TO GIOVANNI BOTEROAND JUSTUS LIPSIUS -- FAITH AND REASON OF STATEIN RICHELIEU'S DOMESTIC POLICIES -- ABSTRACT -- A. FACING THE HUGUENOT CHALLENGE -- B. CONFRONTING DUELING -- C. FAITH IN ABSOLUTISM -- REASON OF STATE IN RICHELIEU'SFOREIGN POLICY -- ABSTRACT -- A. THE HABSBURG CHALLENGE INEARLY MODERN EUROPE -- B. THE CRISIS OVER THE VALTELLINE AND FRANCE'SENTRY INTO THE THIRTY YEARS' WAR -- C. THE PRIMACY OF REASON OF STATE -- CONCLUSION: REASON OF STATEAND CARDINAL RICHELIEU:LESSONS FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY -- ABSTRACT -- A. REASON OF STATE AND INTERNATIONALRELATIONS THEORY -- B. THE STATESMANSHIP OF CARDINAL RICHELIEU:LESSONS FOR IRAQ AND BEYOND -- REFERENCES -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- INDEX.

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