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Lineages of European political thought : explorations along the medieval/modern divide from John of Salisbury to Hegel / Cary J. Nederman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nederman, Cary J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political science--Europe--History.
- Political science.
- Political science--Early works to 1800.
- Philosophy, Medieval.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (401 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book examines some of the salient historiographical and conceptual issues that animate current scholarly debates about the nature of the medieval contribution to modern Western political ideas.
- Contents:
- The legacy of Walter Ullmann
- Quentin Skinner's state: historical methodology and the formation of a European tradition
- Pathologies of continuity: the neo-figgisites
- A middle path: Alexander Passerin D'entrèves
- Toleration and community: functionalist foundations of liberty
- The royal will and the baronial bridle: the Bractonian contribution
- Political representation: modern theory and medieval practices
- For love and money: theorizing revolt in fourteenth-century Europe
- Brunetto Latini's commercial republicanism
- Marsiglio of Padua: between empire and republic
- Translatio Imperii: medieval and modern
- Christianity and republicanism: another look
- The origins of "policy" in twelfth-century England
- Economic liberty and the politics of wealth
- Money and community: Nicole Oresme
- Christine de Pizan's Expanding body politic
- The persistence of economic nationalism: John Fortescue
- Virtue, foresight, and grace: Machiavelli's medieval moments
- Arguing sovereignty in the seventeenth century: Bracton's readers
- Hegel on the medieval foundations of the modern state.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-367) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8132-2083-1
- OCLC:
- 815969411
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