Jaques Benigne Bossuet, Politique tirée des propres paroles de l'Écriture sainte [Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Holy Scripture]

James Coons (University of Wisconsin, Whitewater)

Ed. by Kathrina LaPorta, New York University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.5.2.03: French Writing and Culture of the Seventeenth Century: Classical and Baroque, 1600-1700.
Vol. editors: Heather Kirk (University of Western Ontario), Kathrina LaPorta (New York University), Polly Mangerson (DePaul University), Julia Prest (University of St Andrews), Allison Stedman (University of North Carolina, Charlotte), Tim Unwin (University of Bristol), David Williams (University of Sheffield)

Domains

Political Science

Dates

First circulation or publication 1707

Places

France (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Non-fictional prose

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Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet’s

Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Holy Scripture

[

Politique tirée des propres paroles de l’Écriture sainte

] was initially composed as a primer in monarchical politics for the heir to Louis XIV’s throne. With its elaboration later in Bossuet’s life and its posthumous publication, it has been seen as one of the most complete, authoritative, and unflinching statements of the theory of divine-right absolutism in the age of the Sun King – though it must not be mistaken for a description of Louis XIV’s real governing philosophy or administration.

Bossuet composed the first six books of the Politique in the years around 1679, near the end of his tenure as tutor to Monseigneur le Dauphin, Louis de France. The text went largely unnoticed by its intended

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Citation: Coons, James. "Politique tirée des propres paroles de l'Écriture sainte". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 21 August 2017 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=16054, accessed 24 November 2024.]

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