Jean Bodin

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In this last stage of the Renaissance, which includes the first quarter of the seventeenth century, soil was being prepared in which the idea of progress could germinate, and our history of its origin definitely begins with the work of two men who belonged to this age, Bodin, who is hardly known except to special students of political science, and Bacon, who is known to all the world.

Both had a more general grasp of the significance of their own time than any of their contemporaries, and though neither of them discovered a theory of progress, they both made contributions to thought which directly contributed to its subsequent appearance.

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Chapter one, Some Interpretations of Universal History, Bodin and Leroy.

One.

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In this last stage of the Renaissance, which includes the first quarter of the seventeenth century, soil was being prepared in which the idea of progress could germinate, and our history of its origin definitely begins with the work of two men who belonged to this age, Bodin, who is hardly known except to special students of political science, and Bacon, who is known to all the world.

Both had a more general grasp of the significance of their own time than any of their contemporaries, and though neither of them discovered a theory of progress, they both made contributions to thought which directly contributed to its subsequent appearance.

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Chapter one, Some Interpretations of Universal History, Bodin and LeRoy.

One, it is a long descent from the genius of Machiavelli to the French historian Jean Bodin, who published his introduction to historical studies, Methodus ad Facilem Historiarum Cognitionem, fifteen sixty-six, about forty years after Machiavelli's death.

His views and his method differ widely from those of that great pioneer whom he attacks.

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In this last stage of the Renaissance, which includes the first quarter of the seventeenth century, soil was being prepared in which the idea of progress could germinate, and our history of its origin definitely begins with the work of two men who belonged to this age, Bodin, who is hardly known except to special students of political science, and Bacon, who is known to all the world.

Both had a more general grasp of the significance of their own time than any of their contemporaries, and though neither of them discovered a theory of progress, they both made contributions to thought which directly contributed to its subsequent appearance.

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Chapter one.

Some interpretations of universal history.

Bodin and Leroy.

One.

There were tracts like The Franco Gallia, fifteen seventy-three, of Francois Hotman, who tries to show that in becoming hereditary, the French monarchy deviated from the principles of its founding.

The Republique, fifteen seventy-six, of Jean Bodin, who proposes an enlightened Catholic government.

The Vindiciae contra Tyrannos, fifteen seventy-eight, of Hubert Languet, wherein royal policies are vigorously attacked.

The Discours Politique et Militaire, fifteen eighty-seven, of the one-armed sea captain Francois de la Noue, who found time between campaigns for Henry IV to preach tolerance.