Renaissance Conscience

Harald E. Braun is Lecturer in European History (1300-1700) at the University of Liverpool. His publications include Juan de Mariana SJ (1535-1624) and Early Modern Spanish Political Thought (2007). Edward Vallance is Reader in Early Modern History at London's Roehampton University. His most recent publication is A Radical History of Britain: Visionaries, Rebels and Revolutionaries, the Men and Women Who Fought for Our Freedoms (2009).

“Conscience is unquestionably a key word and concept during the period this book covers and it is illuminating to be reminded of the diversity of contexts in which it figured. At the same time, the editors’ expression of diffidence about one aspect of their project—they ‘‘hope’’ that the authors’ ‘‘reflections’’ will contribute to ‘‘our still modest knowledge’’ (10) — may be more broadly apt.”  (Renaissance Quarterly, 1 July 2012)

• Notes on contributors ix Introduction (Harald E. Braun and Edward Vallance) 11 Jean Gerson, moral certainty and the Renaissance of ancient Scepticism (Rudolf Schüssler) 112 Conscience and the law in Thomas More (Brian Cummings) 293 'Guided By God' beyond the Chilean frontier: the travelling early modern European conscience (Andrew Redden) 524 Shakespeare's open consciences (Christopher Tilmouth) 675 Women's letters, literature and conscience in sixteenth-century England (James Daybell) 826 The dangers of prudence: salus populi suprema lex, Robert Sanderson, and the 'Case of the Liturgy' (Edward Vallance) 1007 The Bible, reason of state, and the royal conscience: Juan Márquez’s El governador christiano (Harald E. Braun) 1188 Spin doctor of conscience? The royal confessor and the Christian prince (Nicole Reinhardt) 134Index 157