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Record Nr.

UNISA996248122603316

Autore

Kantorowicz Ernst Hartwig <1895-1963.>

Titolo

The king's two bodies : a study in mediaeval political theology / / by Ernst H. Kantorowicz ; with a new preface by William Chester Jordan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 1997, c1957

ISBN

0-691-01704-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxiv, 568 p. ) : ill. ;

Collana

Princeton paperbacks

Soggetti

Kings and rulers

Kings and rulers - Religious aspects

Kings and rulers, Medieval

Great Britain Kings and rulers

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 517-530) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface (1997) / William Chester Jordan -- ; I. Problem: Plowden's Reports -- ; II. Shakespeare: King Richard II -- ; III. Christ-Centered Kingship -- ; IV. Law-Centered Kingship -- ; V. Polity-Centered Kingship: Corpus Mysticum -- ; VI. On Continuity and Corporations -- ; VII. King Never Dies -- ; VIII. Man-Centered Kingship: Dante -- ; IX. Epilogue.