Marsilius of Padua and 'the Truth of History'

Marsilius of Padua and 'the Truth of History'
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 234
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ISBN-10 : 9780199291564
ISBN-13 : 019929156X
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Synopsis Marsilius of Padua and 'the Truth of History' by : George Garnett

"This book reinterprets the great medieval thinker, Marsilius of Padua, who is conventionally considered to be ahead of his time as the first secular political theorist, the first post-classical thinker to espouse republicanism, and a scholastic precursor of the republican humanists of the Renaissance. George Garnett overturns this widely accept view, and attempts to advance the first truly historical interpretation of Marsilius's thought."--BOOK JACKET.

Marsilius of Padua and 'the Truth of History'

Marsilius of Padua and 'the Truth of History'
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Publisher : OUP Oxford
Total Pages : 240
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ISBN-10 : 9780191537622
ISBN-13 : 0191537624
Rating : 4/5 (22 Downloads)

Synopsis Marsilius of Padua and 'the Truth of History' by : George Garnett

Marsilius of Padua is conventionally seen as a thinker ahead of his time: the first secular political theorist, and the first post-classical thinker to espouse republicanism. He is presented as a scholastic precursor of the republican humanists of the Renaissance. Starting with an examination of the neglected evidence for Marsilius's life, and the contemporary response to his best-known work, the Defensor Pacis, this new study argues that such an interpretation is quite wrong. It shows that Marsilius was not a republican, but an imperialist; and that far from being a secular political theorist, his great work Defensor Pacis is underpinned by a profound Christian understanding of history as a providentially ordained process.

Inventing Modernity in Medieval European Thought, ca. 1100–ca. 1550

Inventing Modernity in Medieval European Thought, ca. 1100–ca. 1550
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages : 292
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ISBN-10 : 9781580443500
ISBN-13 : 1580443508
Rating : 4/5 (00 Downloads)

Synopsis Inventing Modernity in Medieval European Thought, ca. 1100–ca. 1550 by : Cary J. Nedermann

One of the most challenging problems in the history of Western ideas stems from the emergence of Modernity out of the preceding period of the Latin Middle Ages. This volume develops and extends the insights of the noted scholar Thomas M. Izbicki into the so-called medieval/modern divide. The contributors include a wide array of eminent international scholars from the fields of History, Theology, Philosophy, and Political Science, all of whom explore how medieval ideas framed and shaped the thought of later centuries. This sometimes involved the evolution of intellectual principles associated with the definition and imposition of religious orthodoxy. Also addressed is the Great Schism in the Roman Church that set into question the foundations of ecclesiology. In the same era, philosophical and theoretical innovations reexamined conventional beliefs about metaphysics, epistemology and political life, perhaps best encapsulated by the fifteenth-century philosopher, theologian and political theorist Nicholas of Cusa.

A History of Balance, 1250-1375

A History of Balance, 1250-1375
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 531
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ISBN-10 : 9781107028456
ISBN-13 : 1107028450
Rating : 4/5 (56 Downloads)

Synopsis A History of Balance, 1250-1375 by : Joel Kaye

This book is a groundbreaking history of balance, exploring how a new model of equilibrium emerged during the medieval period.

Marsilius of Padua: The Defender of the Peace

Marsilius of Padua: The Defender of the Peace
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 648
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ISBN-10 : 1139447300
ISBN-13 : 9781139447300
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Synopsis Marsilius of Padua: The Defender of the Peace by : Marsilius of Padua

The Defender of the Peace of Marsilius of Padua is a massively influential text in the history of western political thought. Marsilius offers a detailed analysis and explanation of human political communities, before going on to attack what he sees as the obstacles to peaceful human coexistence - principally the contemporary papacy. Annabel Brett's authoritative rendition of the Defensor Pacis was the first new translation in English for fifty years, and a major contribution to the series of Cambridge Texts: all of the usual series features are provided, included chronology, notes for further reading, and up-to-date annotation aimed at the student reader encountering this classic of medieval thought for the first time. This edition of The Defender of the Peace is a scholarly and a pedagogic event of great importance, of interest to historians, political theorists, theologians and philosophers at all levels from second-year undergraduate upwards.

A Reader in Ecclesiology

A Reader in Ecclesiology
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Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages : 298
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ISBN-10 : 9781409481829
ISBN-13 : 1409481824
Rating : 4/5 (29 Downloads)

Synopsis A Reader in Ecclesiology by : Professor Bryan P Stone

This Reader presents a diverse and ecumenical cross-section of ecclesiological statements from across the twenty centuries of the church's existence. It builds on the foundations of early Christian writings, illustrates significant medieval, reformation, and modern developments, and provides a representative look at the robust attention to ecclesiology that characterizes the contemporary period. This collection of readings offers an impressive overview of the multiple ways Christians have understood the church to be both the 'body of Christ' and, at the same time, an imperfect, social and historical institution, constantly subject to change, and reflective of the cultures in which it is found. This comprehensive survey of historical ecclesiologies is helpful in pointing readers to the remarkable number of images and metaphors that Christians have relied upon in describing the church and to the various tensions that have characterized reflection on the church as both united and diverse, community and institution, visible and invisible, triumphant and militant, global and local, one and many. Students, clergy and all interested in Christianity and the church will find this collection an invaluable resource.

Humanism and Empire

Humanism and Empire
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 461
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ISBN-10 : 9780199675159
ISBN-13 : 0199675155
Rating : 4/5 (59 Downloads)

Synopsis Humanism and Empire by : Alexander Lee (Historian)

The first comprehensive, synoptic study of humanistic ideas of Empire in the period c.1250-1402, Humanism and Empire offers a radical new interpretation of fourteenth-century political thought, and raises wide-ranging questions about the foundations of modern constitutional ideas and the origins of the concept of liberty.

Knowledge, Discipline and Power in the Middle Ages

Knowledge, Discipline and Power in the Middle Ages
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 300
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ISBN-10 : 9789004204362
ISBN-13 : 9004204369
Rating : 4/5 (62 Downloads)

Synopsis Knowledge, Discipline and Power in the Middle Ages by :

This collection of essays is based on a conference in honour of David Luscombe held at the University of Sheffield in September 2006 under the title "Knowledge, Discipline and Power in the Middle Ages." The 14 contributions to this Festschrift, by leading scholars in the field, show the strength and variety of recent work on the intellectual history of the middle ages. A group of papers deals with changes in the intellectual landscape during this period. Other papers focus particularly on the theme of jurisdiction, while a third groups deals with knowledge and its uses. The papers fittingly reflect the breadth and inventiveness of David Luscombe's scholarship, and in particular his work on Peter Abelard. Contributors are Christopher Brooke, Charles Burnett, Joseph Canning, Giles Constable, William J. Courtenay, Martin Kintzinger, Robert E. Lerner, Brian Patrick McGuire, John Marenbon, Gert Melville, Constant J. Mews, Jurgen Miethke, Amanda Power, Andreas Speer, and Martial Staub.

Political Thinkers

Political Thinkers
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 691
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ISBN-10 : 9780198708926
ISBN-13 : 0198708920
Rating : 4/5 (26 Downloads)

Synopsis Political Thinkers by : David Boucher

The most comprehensive introduction to the greatest political thinkers written by a team of international experts.