Self-Perception and Decline in Earlyseventeenth-Century Spain

Elliott, J. H.

doi:10.1093/past/74.1.41

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“…Botero was expressing concerns that would spread in Spain several years later, particularly in the late reign of Philip III: cf. Elliott (1977) and Spedding in Bacon (1900a), 127-129, footnote 2. 35 Further distinctions between ancient Roman policies and the short-sighted colonialism of the Spanish and the Portuguese are made in , VIII.5, 156-157 and (1990b), VIII, 219-220.…”

Section: "The Greatness Of Cities": Botero and Bodinmentioning

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Debating “Greatness” from Machiavelli to Burton

Miglietti

2016

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From early humanist treatises on city government in Italy to Rousseau's Social Contract, "greatness" (grandezza, grandeza, grandeur) was often presented as both the aim that political communities should pursue and the touchstone to measure their relative success. But what exactly should be understood by "greatness", and how could it be achieved? Although most authors agreed that it took more than a large territory for a state to be truly "great", they all seemed to prioritise different things: political liberty, military strength, material wealth, absence of strife, a solid social and political order, or the happiness and overall wellbeing of the citizens. In an age of state-and empire-building, the debate on the nature of political "greatness" raised critical questions and contributed to shaping the agenda and the selfrepresentation of European powers. By concentrating on a few selected thinkers (Machiavelli, Bodin, Botero, Bacon, Burton) whose works form a complex network of mutual influences, this chapter seeks to investigate an exemplary case of unceasing dialogue between the Renaissance and the early modern period. * I would like to thank David Lines for comments on an earlier draft of this chapter.

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Section: "The Greatness Of Cities": Botero and Bodinmentioning

confidence: 99%

Debating “Greatness” from Machiavelli to Burton

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2016

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“…17 ELLIoTT, 1977 18 , las referencias a la «tiranía de Castilla» pretendían justificar la sucesión alegando que, durante los años de unión de las coronas ibéricas, las plazas asiáticas habían sido dejadas al abandono, los equilibrios tradicionales de poder subvertidos y las libertades de los vasallos quebrantadas. La insistencia en este tópico, como todo lo que revelaba sobre la forma como deberían funcionar las relaciones entre el rey y sus vasallos, permitía presentar el golpe de 1640 como la reposición de un orden natural, que habría sido interrumpido por los «sesenta años de cautiverio» a los que tanto Portugal como sus conquistas ultramarinas habrían sido sometidos.…”

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