03124nam 2200769 450 991081545530332120231206233227.01-4426-9274-X1-4426-8815-710.3138/9781442688155(CKB)2550000000019372(OCoLC)647920994(CaPaEBR)ebrary10382083(SSID)ssj0000478335(PQKBManifestationID)11325341(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000478335(PQKBWorkID)10434736(PQKB)11075176(CaPaEBR)430783(CaBNvSL)slc00224403(DE-B1597)465312(OCoLC)1013963724(OCoLC)944176745(DE-B1597)9781442688155(Au-PeEL)EBL4672594(CaPaEBR)ebr11258255(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/jxfq20(MiAaPQ)EBC4672594(OCoLC)1381092930(MdBmJHUP)musev2_106077(MiAaPQ)EBC3268298(EXLCZ)99255000000001937220160923h20082008 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe gargantuan polity on the individual and the community in the French Renaissance /Michael RandallToronto, [Ontario] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,2008.©20081 online resource (393 p.) 0-8020-9814-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Bottom-up vs top-down polities : the Council and the Pope -- The representation of Basel in Chants Royaux written for the Puy de Rouen -- Late-medieval polity and poetics : Jean Molinet's Ressource du petit peuple -- The Kings two portraits in Claude de Seyssel and Guillaume Cretin -- Barthelemy de Chasseneuz and the top-down polity -- Rabelais and the ideal imperfect polity -- The death of consensual politics and the individual in Agrippa d'Aubigne.The Gargantuan Polity examines political, legal, theological, and literary texts in the late Middle Ages, to show how individuals were defined by contracts of mutual obligation, which allowed rulers to hold power due to approval of their subjects.IndividualismFranceHistory16th centuryRenaissanceFranceFrench literature16th centuryHistory and criticismFranceCivilization1328-1600FranceIntellectual life16th centuryFrancePolitics and government1328-1589History.Criticism, interpretation, etc.Electronic books. IndividualismHistoryRenaissanceFrench literatureHistory and criticism.944/.025Randall Michael1953-1678402MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815455303321The gargantuan polity4046040UNINA