Ideas of power in the late Middle Ages, 1296-1417 / Joseph Canning.

Author
Canning, Joseph, 1944- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Description
xii, 219 p. ; 24 cm.

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    "Through a focused and systematic examination of late medieval scholastic writers - theologians, philosophers and jurists - Joseph Canning explores how ideas about power and legitimate authority were developed over the 'long fourteenth century'. The author provides a new model for understanding late medieval political thought, taking full account of the intensive engagement with political reality characteristic of writers in this period. He argues that they used Aristotelian and Augustinian ideas to develop radically new approaches to power and authority, especially in response to political and religious crises. The book examines the disputes between King Philip IV of France and Pope Boniface VIII and draws upon the writings of Dante Alighieri, Marsilius of Padua, William of Ockham, Bartolus, Baldus and John Wyclif to demonstrate the variety of forms of discourse used in the period. It focuses on the most fundamental problem in the history of political thought - where does legitimate authority lie?"-- Provided by publisher.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-211) and index.
    Contents
    • 1. Ideas of power and authority during the disputes between Philip IV and Boniface VIII
    • 2. Dante Alighieri: the approach of political philosophy
    • 3. Marsilius of Padua
    • 4. Power and powerlessness in the poverty debates
    • 5. The treatment of power in juristic thought
    • 6. The power crisis during the Great Schism (1378-1417).
    ISBN
    • 9781107011410 (hardback)
    • 1107011418 (hardback)
    LCCN
    2011019697
    OCLC
    725298231
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