The period c.1250-1450 ("the later Middle Ages") was seminal for the values of the modern world. State sovereignty, the separation of church and state, representation, the popular origin of government, and property rights are just a few of the ideas formulated during this time. Political Thought in Europe provides a lucid and accessible introduction to the period in the round, covering both major thinkers such as Aquinas, Marsiglio, Ockham, Wyclif and Cusa, and prevalent notions of church and state, empire and local sovereignty, civic and communal self-government, kingship, "the people", parliament, the law and experts ("the wise"). This is the first overall account to use recent advances in the methodology of the history of ideas.
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"Not only does Political Thought in Europe, 1250-1450 fill an important gap, but it does so with grace, clarity and vision." Cary J. Nederman, The Review of Politics
"The two salient qualities of Political Thought in Europe, 1250-1450 are, first, that it is the product of rethinking, as opposed to being one more restatement of received knowledge, and, second, that it is free of any pet interpretations. Antony Black has no place for ascending and descending theories of authority, as a way of categorizing different concepts of sovereignty, or for Aristotle's political doctrines as the basis of the medieval political outlook. Indeed, he recognizes that there was no single medieval outlook. He also rightly rejects such outdated stereotypes as the corporate character of medieval society." Gordon Leff, Times Literary Supplement
"The two salient qualities of Political Thought in Europe, 1250-1450 are, first, that it is the product of rethinking, as opposed to being one more restatement of received knowledge, and, second, that it is free of any pet interpretations. Antony Black has no place for ascending and descending theories of authority, as a way of categorizing different concepts of sovereignty, or for Aristotle's political doctrines as the basis of the medieval political outlook. Indeed, he recognizes that there was no single medieval outlook. He also rightly rejects such outdated stereotypes as the corporate character of medieval society." Gordon Leff, Times Literary Supplement
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The thinkers, Aquinas, Marsiglio, Ockham, Wyclif and Cusa, as well as prevalent notions of church and state, empire and local sovereignty, civic and communal self-government, etc. emerge in this introduction to a period of vital importance in the formation of modern world values.
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Middle Ages, John of Paris, New Testament, Nicholas of Cusa, Cambridge University Press, Ptolemy of Lucca, The Rule of Princes, Aegidius Romanus, Ludwig of Bavaria, Aristotle's Politics, Catholic Concordance, Defender of the Peace, Nicole Oresme, William of Ockham, James of Viterbo, Juan de Segovia, Divine Comedy, Fall of Man, French Estates General, Praise of Florence, Roman Republic, Sir John Fortescue, Bartolus of Sassoferrato, Engelbert of Admont, German Empire New!
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How did people understand their political communities? Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
faithful human legislator, juristic language, universitas civium, coercive jurisdiction, universal polity, weightier part, medieval political philosophy, electoral princes, preponderant part, regimine principum, organic analogy, ruling part Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Middle Ages, John of Paris, New Testament, Nicholas of Cusa, Cambridge University Press, Ptolemy of Lucca, The Rule of Princes, Aegidius Romanus, Ludwig of Bavaria, Aristotle's Politics, Catholic Concordance, Defender of the Peace, Nicole Oresme, William of Ockham, James of Viterbo, Juan de Segovia, Divine Comedy, Fall of Man, French Estates General, Praise of Florence, Roman Republic, Sir John Fortescue, Bartolus of Sassoferrato, Engelbert of Admont, German Empire New!
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- The Middle Ages, Volume I, Sources of Medieval History by Brian Tierney on 4 pages
- Divine Comedy (Oxford World's Classics) by Dante Alighieri on page 57, page 96, and page 99
- On Kingship by Aquinas, Saint Thomas on page 22, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Origins of Papal Infallibility by Tierney on page 73, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- William of Ockham: 'A Letter to the Friars Minor' and Other Writings (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought) by William of Ockham on page 40, page 102, and Back Matter
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- Finding the Middle Way: The Utraquists' Liberal Challenge to Rome and Luther (Woodrow Wilson Center Press) by Zdenek V. David in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The History of Islamic Political Thought: From the Prophet to the Present by Antony Black in Back Cover
- Defining the Common Good: Empire, Religion and Philosophy in Eighteenth-Century Britain (Ideas in Context) by Peter N. Miller in Back Matter
- Eleanor of Aquitaine: Lord and Lady by Bonnie Wheeler in Back Matter
- Tolerance and Intolerance in the European Reformation by Ole Peter Grell on page 229
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