In the half of the sixteenth century, with the increase of the religious conflicts in the French kingdom, the question of the right of political resistance retook an important place in public debate. Some authors defend the right of subjects to resist the commands of the monarch when they were tyrannical, justifying even the tyrannicide; others denied this right and affirmed the unrestricted duty of obedience to the political authority. The aim of this paper is to present this quarrel and to emphasize some of its aspects that anticipate the modern debate on the political resistance.
Power; Right of Resistence; Political Obedience; Sovereignty