Vindiciae Contra Tyrannos

A landmark sixteenth-century Huguenot political treatise arguing that rulers who violate God's law may be lawfully resisted by lesser magistrates on behalf of the people. Vindiciae Contra Tyrannos was profoundly influential in the development of constitutional theory and the doctrine of interposition. This Canon Press edition makes this important text of Reformed political theology accessible to contemporary students of Christian political thought.