Voices of Conscience: Royal Confessors and Political Counsel in Seventeenth-Century Spain and France

Synopsis

This Work Examines The Role Of Royal Confessors As Political Counsellors In Seventeenth-century Spain And France, And How, Against The Backdrop Of The Momentous Intellectual, Theological, And Political Shifts That Marked This Period, Questions Of Conscience Became A Major Argument In The Hegemonic Struggle Between The Two Competing Catholic Powers.--publishers Description. Christian Princes, Counsellors, And Confessors. Councils And Counselling: Institutions -- Counsels And Councillors: Debates -- Royal Confessors As Counsellors : Role And Expertise -- Royal Sins: Definitions And Transformations (c.1550-c.1650). Identifying Royal Sins -- The End Of Just War As We Know It? -- Taxes-old And New -- Acceptio Personarum : Justice, Favours, And Merit -- Counsels Of Conscience. Confessors At Work -- A Case Study: The Expulsion Of The Moriscos -- Favourites And Confessors -- How To Be A Royal Confessor: From Prophecy To Ecclesiastical History. Confessors: Courtiers And Prophets? -- Being Seneca-stoic Lessons -- The Confessor's Paradox -- The Eloquence Of Silence. The Crisis Of Counsel Of Conscience -- The Scandalous Confessor -- Privatizing Royal Conscience -- Epilogue: The Politics Of Private Sins -the 'privatization' Of Politics. Nicole Reinhardt. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.