Conscience radicale et contestation du serment au XVIIe siècle en Angleterre : le cas des quakers

The relation between oaths and conscience was taken for granted in the seventeenth century. Swearing involved conscience in its religious as well as in its moral capacity, since God was called to witness. Oath-taking was therefore liable to be attacked from a religious point of view, as soon as radi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cyril Selzner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institut du Monde Anglophone 2013-10-01
Series:Etudes Epistémè
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/episteme/242