Against the backdrop of sovereignty and absolutism : : the theology of God's power and its bearing on the Western legal tradition, 1100-1600 / / by Massimiliano Traversino Di Cristo.
This book attempts to determine the degree to which the modern fate of the Western legal tradition depends on one of the most long-standing debates of the Middle Ages, the distinction between potentia Dei absoluta and ordinata (God's absolute and ordered power). The mediaeval investigation into...
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| Superior document: | History of science and medicine library |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2022] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | History of science and medicine library.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (256 pages) |
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| Summary: | This book attempts to determine the degree to which the modern fate of the Western legal tradition depends on one of the most long-standing debates of the Middle Ages, the distinction between potentia Dei absoluta and ordinata (God's absolute and ordered power). The mediaeval investigation into God's attributes was originally concerned with the problem of divine almightiness but underwent a slow but steady displacement from the territory of theology to the freshly emerging proceedings of legal analysis. Here, based on the distinction, late-mediaeval lawyers worked out a new terminology to define the extent of the power-holder's authority. This effort would give rise, during the early modern era, to the gradual establishment of the legal-political framework represented by the concepts of the prince and sovereignty. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004503700 9789004503694 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | by Massimiliano Traversino Di Cristo. |