Juan de Mariana

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Juan de Mariana was a Spanish Jesuit priest, historian, and political theorist best known for his influential writings on monarchy, tyranny, and the right of resistance in early modern Europe.

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instanceOf Catholic priest
Jesuit
human
political theorist
countryOfBirth Crown of Castile
countryOfCitizenship Spain
countryOfDeath Spain
dateOfBirth 1536
dateOfDeath 1624
educatedAt University of Alcalá
fieldOfWork historiography
political philosophy
theology
gender male
influenced early modern resistance theorists
liberal political thought
monarchomach political theory
influencedBy Francisco de Vitoria
Luis de Molina
Thomas Aquinas
linked to: St. Thomas Aquinas
knownFor critique of royal absolutism
defense of the right of resistance against tyrants
theory of tyrannicide
languageOfWorkOrName Latin
Spanish
memberOf Society of Jesus
movement Scholasticism
School of Salamanca
notableIdea conditional legitimacy of monarchy
moral limits on royal power
people’s right to depose tyrants
notableWork De rege et regis institutione
Historiae de rebus Hispaniae
occupation Jesuit priest
historian
political theorist
theologian
placeOfBirth Talavera de la Reina
placeOfDeath Toledo
positionHeld professor at the University of Paris
teacher at Jesuit colleges in Spain
religion Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism
wroteAbout Spanish history
monarchy
moral theology
right of resistance
tyranny

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University of Alcalá hasNotableAlumnus Juan de Mariana