Religious Radicalism and Absolutist Moderation in 16th-Century France

Tags: Other Schools of Thought, World History

03/25/2010 Murray N. Rothbard

Calvin’s embattled followers, enjoying rising aspirations against non-Calvinist rulers, developed justifications for resistance to evil rulers. These were first set forth in the 1550s by the English “Marian exiles” in Switzerland and Germany, writes Murray N. Rothbard (1926–1995).

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