(Un)masking the realities of power : Justus Lipsius and the dynamics of political writing in early modern Europe

De Bom, Erik 2011 Brill eBook titles 2011 ( Serie ) Leiden ; Boston : Brill 9789004191839 | BRILL9789004191839 Abstract

Starting from Justus Lipsius's Monita et exempla politica (1605), this book offers a collection of essays dealing with the disputed Macchiavellian, Tacitean or Neostoic character of Lipsius's political thought, and its impact on the dynamics of political discourse in Early Modern Europe.