John of Salisbury and the medieval Roman renaissance
John of Salisbury and the medieval Roman renaissance

Author: Irene O'Daly

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2018-02-07

Total Pages: 331

ISBN-13: 1526109522

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This book is a detailed but accessible treatment of the political thought of John of Salisbury, a twelfth-century author and educationalist who rose from a modest background to become Bishop of Chartres. It shows how aspects of John's thought – such as his views on political cooperation and virtuous rulership – were inspired by the writings of Roman philosophers, notably Cicero and Seneca. Investigating how John accessed and adapted the classics, the book argues that he developed a hybrid political philosophy by taking elements from Roman Stoic sources and combining them with insights from patristic writings. By situating his ideas in their political and intellectual context, it offers a reassessment of John’s political thought, as well as a case study in classical reception of relevance to students and scholars of political philosophy and the history of ideas.

John of Salisbury
John of Salisbury

Author: John Hosler

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2013-05-13

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 9004251472

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The English scholar John of Salisbury was a major intellectual of the twelfth century whose contributions to the fields of education, grammar, political theory, and rhetoric are well-known. His significance is amplified further in John of Salisbury: Military Authority of the Twelfth-Century Renaissance, in which John D. Hosler examines his heretofore overlooked contributions to the ideals and practice of medieval warfare. This book surveys an array of military topics present within John’s extant corpus, including generalship, strategy, tactics, logistics, military organization, and training; it also collates John’s military lexicon and charts the influence of classical texts upon his conceptualization of war. John of Salisbury, it argues, deserves inclusion in the roll-call of military theoreticians and writers of pre-Reformation Europe.

Renaissance and Renewal in the Twelfth Century
Renaissance and Renewal in the Twelfth Century

Author: Robert L. Benson

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 1991-01-01

Total Pages: 1434

ISBN-13: 9780802068507

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Twenty-seven authors approach the diverse areas of the cultural, religious, and social life of the twelfth century. These essays form a basic resource for all interested in this pivotal century. A reprint of the first edition first published in 1982.

The World of John of Salisbury
The World of John of Salisbury

Author: Michael Wilks

Publisher: Ecclesiastical History Society

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 469

ISBN-13: 9780631194095

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The medieval Englishman, John of Salisbury, was a philosopher and humanist, theologian and bishop, courtier and diplomat, poet and political thinker. This book provides a reassessment of his life and work. It features 25 papers by international scholars.

The Metalogicon of John of Salisbury
The Metalogicon of John of Salisbury

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Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2023-11-10

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 0520345932

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This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1955.

Men and Ideas
Men and Ideas

Author: Johan Huizinga

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2014-07-14

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13: 1400858089

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This collection by the distinguished Dutch historian Johan Huizinga (1872-1945) reflects the theme of its key essay, The Task of Cultural History," throughout its pages. Huizinga's conception of cultural history informs both his essays on historiographic questions and those on such figures as John of Salisbury, Abelard, Joan of Arc, Erasmus, and Grotius. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

The De Re Militari of Vegetius
The De Re Militari of Vegetius

Author: Christopher Allmand

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011-09-29

Total Pages: 413

ISBN-13: 1139500961

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Vegetius' late Roman text became a well-known and highly respected 'classic' in the Middle Ages, transformed by its readers into the authority on the waging of war. Christopher Allmand analyses the medieval afterlife of the De Re Militari, tracing the growing interest in the text from the Carolingian world to the late Middle Ages, suggesting how the written word may have influenced the development of military practice in that period. While emphasising that success depended on a commander's ability to outwit the enemy with a carefully selected, well-trained and disciplined army, the De Re Militari inspired other unexpected developments, such as that of the 'national' army, and helped create a context in which the role of the soldier assumed greater social and political importance. Allmand explores the significance of the text and the changes it brought for those who accepted the implications of its central messages.

Criticism of the Court and the Evil King in the Middle Ages
Criticism of the Court and the Evil King in the Middle Ages

Author: Albrecht Classen

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2024-08-15

Total Pages: 301

ISBN-13: 1666941220

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Examining literary narratives from the tenth through the fifteenth centuries, this book explores how writers used their craft to voice harsh criticism of the ruling class and unearths a deep distrust of kings and other authority figures during the Middle Ages.

Ambiguous Realities
Ambiguous Realities

Author: Carole Levin

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 9780814318737

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Examining specific literary, historical, and theological texts, the essays in Ambiguous realities illuminate a number of important issues about women in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance: the changes in attitude toward women, the role and status of women, the dichotomy between public and private spheres, the prescriptions for women's behavior and the image of the ideal woman, and the difference between the perceived and the actual audience of medieval and Renaissance writers.--Back cover.

On the Government of Rulers
On the Government of Rulers

Author: Ptolemy of Lucca

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2010-11-24

Total Pages: 323

ISBN-13: 0812201337

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Ptolemy, considered a proto-Humanist by some, combined the principles of Northern Italian republicanism with Aristotelian theory in his De Regimine Principum, a book that influenced much of the political thought of the later Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the early modern period. He was the first to attack kingship as despotism and to draw parallels between ancient Greek models of mixed constitution and the Roman Republic, biblical rule, the Church, and medieval government. In addition to his translation of this important and radical medieval political treatise, written around 1300, James M. Blythe includes a sixty-page introduction to the work and provides over 1200 footnotes that trace Ptolemy's sources, explain his references, and comment on the text, the translation, the context, and the significance.