This is a book about the theory of the city or commonwealth, what would come to be called the state, in early modern natural law discourse. Annabel Brett takes a fresh approach by looking at this political entity from the perspective of its boundaries and those who crossed them. She begins with a cl...

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1. Verfasser:	Brett, Annabel S.
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2011.
Schlagworte:	Commonwealth Geschichte. Political science. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural. POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture. PHILOSOPHY > Political. Literature Political science Politische Philosophie Naturrecht Commonwealth countries > In literature. Pays du Commonwealth > Dans la littérature. Commonwealth countries Electronic books. History
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Zusammenfassung:	This is a book about the theory of the city or commonwealth, what would come to be called the state, in early modern natural law discourse. Annabel Brett takes a fresh approach by looking at this political entity from the perspective of its boundaries and those who crossed them. She begins with a classic debate from the Spanish sixteenth century over the political treatment of mendicants, showing how cosmopolitan ideals of porous boundaries could simultaneously justify the freedoms of itinerant beggars and the activities of European colonists in the Indies. She goes on to examine the boundarie.
Beschreibung:	1 online resource (242 pages)
Bibliographie:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781400838622 1400838622 9786613001399 6613001392