Download or read book Law, Literature and Political Philosophy in the Spanish Golden Age written by Julio Juan Ruiz and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2020-01-07 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of articles, thoroughly documented, analyses particular aspects of the Spanish 16th and 17th centuries. It discusses a range of topics, including the Catholic reason of state, anti-Machiavellianism, and royal power and its limits, from the point of view of Golden Age authors. This is a work where literature, law theory and political philosophy combine their efforts to offer an unusual portrait of power in Spanish society during a time of deep change.