Works
Languet is one possible candidate for the authorship of the influential Huguenot pamphlet, Vindiciae contra tyrannos (1579). The book is divided into four parts each of which proposes and answers a question:
- Must God in a case of dispute be obeyed rather than a ruler?
- May a ruler who violates the law of God and devastates the Church, be opposed?
- How far, and with what right may it be allowed to oppose a ruler who suppresses or destroys the state?
- Have neighboring rulers a right to assist the subjects oppressed by his ruler?
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