Trends in Medieval Political Thought
Author: Peter Robert Lamont Brown
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Published: 1965
Total Pages: 154
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Author: Peter Robert Lamont Brown
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Published: 1965
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: P. R. L. Brown
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Published: 1965
Total Pages: 139
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Beryl Smalley
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Published: 1965
Total Pages: 139
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Beryl Smalley
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Published: 1965
Total Pages: 139
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Beryl Smalley
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Published: 1965
Total Pages: 139
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Beryl Smalley
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Brown, P. R. L
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: M. S. Kempshall
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Published: 1999-05-20
Total Pages: 412
ISBN-13: 0191542695
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis study offers a major reinterpretation of medieval political thought by examining one of its most fundamental ideas. If it was axiomatic that the goal of human society should be the common good, then this notion presented at least two conceptual alternatives. Did it embody the highest moral ideals of happiness and the life of virtue, or did it represent the more pragmatic benefits of peace and material security? Political thinkers from Thomas Aquinas to William of Ockham answered this question in various contexts. In theoretical terms, they were reacting to the rediscovery of Aristotle's Politics and Ethics, an event often seen as pivotal in the history of political thought. On a practical level, they were faced with pressing concerns over the exercise of both temporal and ecclesiastical authority - resistance to royal taxation and opposition to the jurisdiction of the pope. In establishing the connections between these different contexts, The Common Good questions the identification of Aristotle as the primary catalyst for the emergence of 'the individual' and a 'secular' theory of the state. Through a detailed exposition of scholastic political theology, it argues that the roots of any such developments should be traced, instead, to Augustine and the Bible.
Author: Chris Jones
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2023-06-16
Total Pages: 325
ISBN-13: 1000898326
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis collection of essays, written by leading experts, showcases historiographical problems, fresh interpretations, and new debates in medieval and Renaissance history and political thought. Recent scholarship on medieval and Renaissance political thought is witness to tectonic movements. These involve quiet, yet considerable, re-evaluations of key thinkers such as Thomas Aquinas and Machiavelli, as well as the string of lesser known "political thinkers" who wrote in western Europe between Late Antiquity and the Reformation. Taking stock of thirty years of developments, this volume demonstrates the contemporary vibrancy of the history of medieval and Renaissance political thought. By both celebrating and challenging the perspectives of a generation of scholars, notably Cary J. Nederman, it offers refreshing new assessments. The book re-introduces the history of western political thought in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance to the wider disciplines of History and Political Science. Recent historiographical debates have revolutionized discussion of whether or not there was an "Aristotelian revolution" in the thirteenth century. Thinkers such as Machiavelli and Marsilius of Padua are read in new ways; less well-known texts, such as the Irish On the Twelve Abuses of the Age, offer new perspectives. Further, the collection argues that medieval political ideas contain important lessons for the study of concepts of contemporary interest such as toleration. The volume is an ideal resource for both students and scholars interested in medieval and Renaissance history as well as the history of political thought.