For nearly two thousand years the popes have not only shaped the course of one of the world''s great religions but have also played a part-sometimes a dominant part-in the history of Europe. Martyrs,
Gómez Pereira's Antoniana Margarita (1554) represents one of the most original works of his time. Its author develops some issues of great impact in later philosophy, such as animal automatism, soul-b
In Navigatio libera Johann Gröning set out the rights of neutral nations to trade during the wars of the great powers during the Nine Years War (1688-1697). His text thereafter influenced neutral poli
