Du Colloquium Heptaplomeres de Bodin au Commentaire Philosophique de Bayle: diversite, verite, sincerite et conversion
- Submitting institution
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University of Sunderland
- Unit of assessment
- 20 - Social Work and Social Policy
- Output identifier
- 855
- Type
- C - Chapter in book
- DOI
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- Book title
- Pierre Bayle et le politique
- Publisher
- Honore Champion
- ISBN
- 9782745327109
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- October
- Year of publication
- 2014
- URL
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http://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/id/eprint/6638/
- Supplementary information
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- 28 - History
- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- Yes
- English abstract
- This chapter investigates the notions of liberty of conscience in the early modern period. It compares the clandestine manuscript attributed to Jean Bodin (Colloquium Heptaplomeres, 1596) with Pierre Bayles’ Commentaire Philosophique, 1685-1688). In the post-Reformation context, both authors aimed to provide a solution to the crisis of Christianity. They also widened their positive notion of toleration to other faiths. It is argued that at the core of their argument was a view that religion was a cultural product, that sincerity in religious feeling was more valuable than truth to God and that forced conversion had to be rejected.