Bossuet em defesa da soberania dos reis

Abstract

The ideas by Dutchman Hugo Grotius and the monarcômacos the Fronde limited the power of kings. In 1625, in his The Law of War and Peace, Grotius argued that the source of the power of kings was in the people and upon the establishment of civil power the people not alienate its sovereignty to the ruler, only delegates and can resume it when the King family is extinguished. During the Fronde (1648-1653), the absolutist ideas that were in progress suffered considerable reflux in France. Through pamphlets, the monarcômacos argued that the people were the very source of power. In retaliation to these ideas defended by Grotius and the monarcômacos the Fronde, Bossuet search show, the first and third books of his Politique, written between 1677 and 1679, that the power of kings comes directly from God, and that the people are completely alienated from his will when the institution of rulers. Keywords: Bossuet, sovereignty, France