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Record Nr.

UNINA9910975220203321

Autore

Nederman Cary J

Titolo

Lineages of European political thought : explorations along the medieval/modern divide from John of Salisbury to Hegel / / Cary J. Nederman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Catholic University of America Press, c2009

ISBN

0-8132-2083-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (401 p.)

Disciplina

320.092/24

Soggetti

Political science - Europe - History

Political science

Philosophy, Medieval

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-367) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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'entrè€ves -- 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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.