Abstract
The attitudes and actions of rulers and statesmen towards international affairs in this age were partly shaped by the new ideas which emerged about authority within the state.
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Contemporary works
J. J. Bodin, Six Books of the Republic (1576), English trs. (Oxford,1755) esp. Book i, ch. 10 and Book ii, on sovereignty and royal power.
J. B. Bossuet, Politique tirée des propres paroles de l’Ecriture sainte (Paris, 1709) esp. Book Iv, on royal authority.
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Modern works
P. Anderson, Lineages of the Absolutist State (London, 1974).
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F. Hartung, Enlightened Despotism (London, 1957).
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A. Sorel, Europe and the French Revolution, 1885–95, vol. 1: The Political Traditions of the Old Regime, English trs. (London, 1969).
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Luard, E. (1992). Sovereignty. In: The Balance of Power. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-21927-8_4
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