Conrad Summenhart's theory of individual rights [electronic resource] / by Jussi Varkemaa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Varkemaa, Jussi.

Series:

Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions ; v. 159.

Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions, 1573-4188 ; v. 159

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights--Philosophy.

Human rights.

Summenhart, Konrad, 1465-1511--Political and social views.

Summenhart, Konrad.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In recent decades scholars have shown considerable and steadily increasing interest in medieval discussions of rights. This book aims to make a significant contribution to scholarship by providing a detailed and systematic account of Conrad Summenhart’s (c.1458-1502) language of individual rights. Starting from the view that Summenhart’s Opus septipartitum contains a carefully constructed and comprehensive theory of individual rights, this study analyses Summenhart’s theory in its historical context, treating it as a culmination of late medieval discourse on individual rights. This study is particularly useful to scholars interested in the origin of human rights language and modern political individualism, as well as to all those who work in the field of late medieval and early modern political and moral philosophy.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

Chapter One. Medieval discussions on rights

Introduction to Part Two

Chapter Two. The right of the individual

Chapter Three. The species of dominion

Chapter Four. Property rights

Summary

Bibliography

Index of names.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-32699-X

9786613326997

90-04-22556-0

OCLC:

777549330

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004225565 DOI