{"product_id":"the-cambridge-history-of-medieval-political-thought-c-350-c-1450-hardback-9780521243247","title":"The Cambridge History of Medieval Political Thought c.350–c.1450 (Hardback) 9780521243247","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cambridge History of Medieval Political Thought c.350–c.1450\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis volume examines the history of a complex and varied body of ideas over a period of more than a thousand years.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJ. H. Burns (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521243247, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 19 May 1988\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e818 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 15.2 x 4.4 cm, 1.425 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...the book successfully brings together a rich and varied synthesis of current scholarship on medieval political ideas. It furnishes a benchmark by which subsequent work on these topics will inevitably be measured.\"   James A. Brundage, Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis volume, first published in 1988, offers a comprehensive and authoritative account of the history of a complex and varied body of ideas over a period of more than a thousand years. A work of both synthesis and assessment, The Cambridge History of Medieval Political Thought presents the results of several decades of critical scholarship in the field, and reflects in its breadth of enquiry precisely that diversity of focus which characterised the medieval sense of the 'political', preoccupied with universality at some levels, and with almost minute particularity at others. Thus among the vital questions explored by the distinguished team of contributors are the nature of authority, of justice, of property; the problem of legitimacy, of allegiance, of resistance to the powers that be; the character and function of law, and the role of custom in sustaining a social structure. While the predominant emphasis of the volume is necessarily upon those ideas that developed within Latin Christendom, full weight is also given to the impact of Byzantine, Jewish, and Islamic thought, and the whole comprises a unique distillation of knowledge upon a multi-faceted screen.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction J. H. Burns\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Foundations: 1. Christian doctrine Henry Chadwick\u003cbr\u003e 2. Greek and Roman political theory John Procopé\u003cbr\u003e 3. Roman law P. G. Stein\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Byzantium: 4. Byzantine political thought D. M. Nicol\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Beginnings: c.350–c.750: 5. Introduction: the West R. A. Markus\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Latin fathers R. A. Markus\u003cbr\u003e 7. The barbarian kingdoms P. D. King\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Formation: c.750–c.1150: 8. Introduction: the formation of political thought in the west D. E. Luscombe\u003cbr\u003e 9. Government, law and society R. Van Caenegem\u003cbr\u003e 10. Kingship and empire Janet Nelson\u003cbr\u003e 11. Church and papacy I. S. Robinson\u003cbr\u003e 12. The twelfth-century renaissance D. E. Luscombe and G. R. Evans\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Development: c.1150–c.1450: 13. Introduction: politics, institutions and ideas J. P. Canning\u003cbr\u003e 14. Spiritual and temporal powers J. A. Watt\u003cbr\u003e 15. Law: I. Law, legislative authority and theories of government, 1150–1300 K. Pennington\u003cbr\u003e II. Law, sovereignty and corporation theory, 1300–1450 J. P. Canning\u003cbr\u003e 16. Government Jean Dunbabin\u003cbr\u003e 17. Community: I. Community, counsel and representation Jeannine Quillet\u003cbr\u003e II. The conciliar movement Anthony Black\u003cbr\u003e 18. The individual and society Anthony Black\u003cbr\u003e 19. Property and poverty Janet Coleman\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion J. H. Burns\u003cbr\u003e Biographies\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index of names of persons\u003cbr\u003e Index of subjects.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of ideas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of ideas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20ideas%20%5BJFCX%5D%22\"\u003eJFCX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004067926296,"sku":"9780521243247","price":145.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521243247i_69de0537-a8b2-49f5-abad-6ad8ed4f8cc9.jpg?v=1691374089","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-cambridge-history-of-medieval-political-thought-c-350-c-1450-hardback-9780521243247","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}