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The Reformation · 1579
A Defence of Liberty Against Tyrants
Vindiciae contra Tyrannos
Anonymous
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What it is
Four questions on whether subjects must obey a ruler who commands against God, and who may resist — answered by a double covenant between God, king, and people.
Why it lasted
The most systematic Huguenot resistance tract, republished during the English and American revolutions and cited in both.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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