Table of Contents
Part I Antique Understandings of Tyranny.- 1. The Athens of Plato, Aristotle, and Xenophon.- 2. Tyranny and Despotism in Plato’s
Republic and
Laws.- 3. Aristotle on Tyranny in the
Politics.- 4. Xenophon on Tyranny in
Hiero.- 5. Seneca the Younger on Tyranny in
On Mercy.- Part II Three Medieval Commentators on Tyranny.- 6. Mimetic Impulses and Early Receptions.- 7. John of Salisbury on Tyranny in
Policraticus.- 8. Aquinas on Tyranny in the
Regime of Princes and in the
Summa Theologica.- 9. Giles of Rome on Tyranny in His
Regime of Princes.- Part III Recovering Plato and Aristotle on Tyranny in the Renaissance.- 10. Imminence of the Past.- 11. Machiavelli on Tyranny in the
Prince and the
Discourses.- 12. Seyssel on Tyranny in the
Monarchy of France.- 13. Guillaume Budé on Tyranny in the
Education of the Prince.- 14. Erasmus on Tyranny in the
Education of a Christian Prince.- 15. Thomas More on Tyranny in the
History of Richard III.- Part IV A Time of Troubles in France, 1570–1590.- 16. The Valois Monarchy in Political Thought and Political Theology.- 17. Tyranny in Hotman’s
Franco-Gallia.- 18. Étienne de la Boétie on Tyranny in
Voluntary Servitude.- 19. Bèze on Tyranny in the
Right of Magistrates.- 20. Bodin on Tyranny in the
Six Books of the Republic.- 21. The
Vindiciae contra tyrannos on Tyranny.- 22. Mariana on Tyranny.- 23. Jean Boucher on Tyranny in the
True History of Henry de Valois.