«República» of Martin Gonzalez de Cellorigo in the political thought of the XVI century

The major theme of this article is the meaning of «República» in the work of Spanish arbitrist, employee of the Holy Inquisition, licentiate of Law, who lived in XVI-XVII centuries Martin Gonzalez de Cellorigo. The article analyzes the concept and meaning of «República» as the author understood it and examines sources found in his work. The study is preliminary in nature. Martin Gonzalez is one of the first representatives of the arbitrismo. However, his work has never been comprehensively studied yet. Cellorigo’s work is based on works of Jean Boden and Niccolo Machiavelli. Unlike Cellorigo’s work, they have already been introduced into the scientific field. The main purpose of this article is to fill the historical canvas in the meaning of «Commonwealth» in XVI century.