The Present State of Germany
By Samuel Pufendorf
$16.80
Publication Date: February 2007
About this book
A notorious critique of the Holy Roman Empire
Samuel Pufendorf’s The Present State of Germany was first published in 1667 (under the pseudonym Severinus de Monzambano) and immediately became one of the most notorious works in Europe for the next half century. Its trenchant critique of previous theories of the Holy Roman Empire elicited both attacks and defenses, and it also anticipated many elements in Pufendorf’s subsequent writings on natural law, history, and religion.
Hardback | 272 pages | 6×9 | Published February 2007 | ISBN 978-0-86597-492-0
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ix
Introduction
xxix
A Note on the Text
xxiv
Acknowledgements
i
Puffendorf’s Preface to the First Edition
9
Preface to the Second Edition
31
A Letter Concerning the Manuscript
83
The Present State of Germany
249
Bibliography
269
Index
About the Author and Editor
Samuel Pufendorf (1632–1694) taught natural law and was court historian in both Germany and Sweden.
Michael J. Seidler is Professor of Philosophy at Western Kentucky University.