Addressing Injustice in the Medieval Body Politic : : 10.5117/9789463721271 / / ed. by Constant Jan Mews, Kathleen Neal.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2023
• MitwirkendeR: Breen, Aidan,; Briggs, Charles F.,; Joyce, Stephen J.,; Kemp, Ryan,; Lahav, Rina,; Mews, Constant J.,; Neal, Kathleen B.,; Nederman, Cary J.,; Piron, Sylvain,; Wassenaar, Jelle,; Ó Cróinín, Dáibhí,
• HerausgeberIn: Mews, Constant Jan,; Neal, Kathleen,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: Crossing Boundaries: Turku Medieval and Early Modern Studies ; 13
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (402 p.)

ustice and injustice were subjects of ongoing debate in medieval Europe. Received classical and biblical models both influenced how these qualities of moral and political life were perceived, discussed and acted upon. Important among these influences was the anonymous seventh-century Irish text, On The Twelve Abuses of the Age, a biblically-inspired discussion of the moral duties particular to each sector of society. This volume probes its long influence, and its interaction with the revival of classical ideas. By bringing together scholars of political thought and practice, in lay and religious contexts spanning the seventh to fourteenth centuries, this volume crosses boundaries of periodisation, discipline and approach to reflect upon the medieval evolution of concepts of injustice and means of redress. Contributions address how ideas about justice and injustice were discussed among scholars and theologians, and how those ideas were translated into action through complaint and advice throughout the medieval period.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Note on references -- List of Tables and Illustrations -- Introduction: Justice and its Abuse in the Medieval Body Politic -- 1. The De XII abusiuis saeculi -- 2. The Irish Background to the De XII abusiuis saeculi -- 3. ‘Each in the Calling to Which They are Called’ -- 4. Transforming Irish Traditions -- 5. The Unjust King and the Negligent Bishop -- 6. Reflecting on Abuses in Religious Life -- 7. Preaching the Body Politic -- 8. Justice and Its Abuses in the Speculum justiciariorum -- 9. Addressing Abuses and Injustice in the Court of Philip the Fair -- 10. ‘Perfect Justice Weighs Everything on a Balanced Scale’ -- 11. Some Late Franciscan Rewritings of the Twelve Abuses -- Appendix: On the Twelve Abuses of the Age -- Bibliography -- Index of Biblical References -- Index of Manuscripts -- General Index