Spanish Treatises on Government, Society and Religion in the Time of Philip II: The de Regimine Principum and Associated Traditions : The 'De Regimine Principum' and Associated Traditions

This volume centres on a dozen texts in Spanish or Latin composed by Spaniards, both laymen and clergy, in the Spanish Netherlands as well as Spain. The study follows the debate during Philip II's reign concerning the principles, purposes and values relevant to rulers and to society at large.