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.

Giles of Rome's De Regimine Principum
Giles of Rome's De Regimine Principum

Author: Charles F. Briggs

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1999-01-28

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 9780521570534

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From the time of its composition (c.1280) for Philip the Fair of France until the early sixteenth century, Giles of Rome's mirror of princes, the De regimine principum, was read by both lay and clerical readers in the original Latin and in several vernacular translations, and served as model or source for several works of princely advice. This study examines the relationship between this didactic political text and its audience by focusing on the textual and material aspects of the surviving manuscript copies, as well as on the evidence of ownership and use found in them and in documentary and literary sources. Briggs argues that lay readers used De regimine for several purposes, including as an educational treatise and military manual, whereas clerics, who often first came into contact with it at university, glossed, constructed apparatus for, and modified the text to suit their needs in their later professional lives.

On the Government of Rulers
On the Government of Rulers

Author: Bartholomew (of Lucca)

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 9780812233704

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The book that influenced much of the political thought of the later Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the Early Modern period is presented in a translation by James Blythe (history, U. of Memphis). Ptolemy, who is considered a proto-Humanist by some, combined the principles of Northern Italian republicanism with Aristotelian theory. 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. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The Governance of Kings and Princes
The Governance of Kings and Princes

Author: David C. Fowler

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-11-17

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13: 1317946596

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This is the first edition of the Middle English version of an influential treatise on governance entitled De Regimine Principum. The first volume contains a critical text of the Middle English prose and second will provide an introduction, textual notes and a glossary. Aegidius Romanus (Giles of Rome), an Augustinian friar and professor of theology at the University of Paris, composed the Latin treatise that underlies the Middle English text toward the end of the reign of the French king Philip III (1270-85). The work was addressed to the king’s son, who succeeded his father as Philip IV, know as "the Fair" (1285-1314). This edition first published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

De Regimine Principum: A Poem
De Regimine Principum: A Poem

Author: Egidio Colonna

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2022-10-27

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781016954686

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Augustinian Theology in the Later Middle Ages
Augustinian Theology in the Later Middle Ages

Author: Eric Leland Saak

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2021-12-13

Total Pages: 551

ISBN-13: 9004504702

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The most comprehensive and extensive treatment to date, based on a major reinterpretation, of what has been called late medieval Augustinianism.

Giles of Rome's On Ecclesiastical Power
Giles of Rome's On Ecclesiastical Power

Author: Giles (of Rome, Archbishop of Bourges)

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 442

ISBN-13: 0231128037

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Written at the turn of the 14th century, Giles of Rome's De ecclesiastica potestate is a papal tract written at the height of Pope Boniface VIII's conflict with King Philip IV of France.

The Political Animal in Medieval Philosophy
The Political Animal in Medieval Philosophy

Author: Juhana Toivanen

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2020-10-12

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 9004438467

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In The Political Animal in Medieval Philosophy Juhana Toivanen investigates the foundations of human social life through the Aristotelian notion of ‘political animal’, as it was used in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.