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

"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 und...

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Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
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Physical Description:xii, 219 p.
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  • Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 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); Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.