Советы ученого об управлении государством в трактате Эразма Роттердамского «Воспитание христианского государя»
Erasmus of Rotterdam’s treatise «Education of the Christian sovereign» as a piece of the scholar’s advice on the state government

Summary/Abstract: The article analyzes the treatise of the Netherlands humanist Erasmus of Rotterdam «Education of the Christian sovereign» that has not yet been thoroughly studied in the Russian historiography. In the period of sharp political and religious tension in Europe in the beginning of the XVI century the scholar writes guidance for sovereigns about the best way of a state system, gives advice on the choice of mentors for future governors, offers ways of educating future governors based on evangelical moral imperatives. The humanist makes recommendations about the establishment of fair relations between authorities and societies. It is shown that political ethics of Erasmus did not correspond to power practices of that time.

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