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Autore |
Greenaway James |
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Titolo |
The differentiation of authority : the medieval turn toward existence / / James Greenaway |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Washington, DC, : Catholic University of America Press, c2012 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (322 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Power (Social sciences) - History - To 1500 |
Authority - History - To 1500 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction -- The medieval political order to 1150 -- The emergence of the individual -- Constitutionality and existence in medieval England -- Crisis and closure 1: the isolation of the sovereign individual -- Crisis and closure 2: the submergence of existence -- Continental problems in political order -- The medieval papacy and the overreach of authority -- Toward the future -- Concluding remarks: the contemporary west, islam, and the equilibrium of authorities. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In this study, James Greenaway explores the philosophical continuity between contemporary Western society and the Middle Ages. Allowing for genuinely modern innovations, he makes the claim that the medieval search for order remains fundamentally unbroken in our search for order today. |
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