A well-written historical treatise defending the Huguenot resistance. While it is clear that later revolutionary philosophers would draw much from the framework established in this work, the vindicae tyrannos is not in itself a revolutionary work. It condemns tyrants but it urges their overthrow through proper legal means, through the resistance, not of the common peasantry, but of the lower magistrates and Christian princes. I found the reformed theological perspective on the duty of kings and magistrates of this time period to be fascinating.

Ps. I found the introduction to be rather amusing in that Sunshine seems to be a bit disappointed that Vindicae is not very American.

Extremely well thought out and insightful book. It is clear that the authors had an extensive knowledge of scripture and classic authors and thought.

However, I had to reduce the rating by one star just because of the difficulty of reading the book. I am proud of getting through it but it was definitely a challenge. Not only the archaic choices of wording but the way they would write on and on without clear division between subjects increases the difficulty of following for a youngish modern reader such as myself. I would find a modernized version much more appealing and if anyone would be interested in hiring me to do this project then send me a message ;)

1) This anonymous Huguenot did not attend public school.
2) He is right in what he says.
3) Now, how do we apply this to a Constitutional Republic?