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On the government of rulers / De Regimine Principum Ptolemy of Lucca ; with portions attributed to Thomas Aquinas ; translated by James M. Blythe.
De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bartholomew, of Lucca, approximately 1236-1327.
- Series:
- Middle Ages series.
- The Middle Ages series
- Standardized Title:
- De regimine principum. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political science--Early works to 1800.
- Political science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (320 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1997.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- A Note on the Text
- Introduction
- Book I. Attributed to Thomas Aquinas
- Book 2. Attributed to Thomas Aquinas to mid-z.s.»
- Book 3
- Book 4
- Bibliography
- Index to Aristotle Citations
- Index to Augustine Citations
- Index to Biblical Citations
- General Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-291) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-21147-5
- 9786613211477
- 0-8122-0133-7
- OCLC:
- 759158196
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