Against the backdrop of sovereignty and absolutism : the theology of God's power and its bearing on the Western legal tradition, 1100-1600 / by Massimiliano Traversino Di Cristo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Traversino, Massimiliano, author.

Contributor:

Quaglioni, Diego, writer of foreword.

E.J. Brill (Firm)

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

History of science and medicine library. Scientific and learned cultures and their institutions ; v. 34.

Scientific and learned cultures and their institutions ; volume 34

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public law--Philosophy.

Public law.

Power (Christian theology).

Law, Medieval.

Law--Christian influences.

Law.

Authoritarianism--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Authoritarianism.

Sovereignty--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Sovereignty.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 242 pages)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022]

Contents:

Introduction

A normative history of power : the distinction between potentia Dei absoluta and ordinata

The theology of God's power as an archaeology of the modern notion of power

The classic age of the distinction : the pontificate of John XXII (1316-34)

The distinction in the early-modern era : Bruno, Gentili, and the sixteenth century debate on Native Americans

Gentili's religion and the secularization of the theology of God's power

Conclusion.

Notes:

Based on author's thesis (doctoral - Birkbeck College, 2017).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Leiden, Netherlands Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 22, 2022).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Traversino, Massimiliano. Against the backdrop of sovereignty and absolutism

ISBN:

9789004503700

9004503706

Publisher Number:

40031167216

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.