Lineages of European Political Thought: Explorations along the Medieval/Modern Divide from John of Salisbury to Hegel
by Cary J. Nederman
Catholic University of America Press, 2009 Paper: 978-0-8132-1581-5 | eISBN: 978-0-8132-2083-3 Library of Congress Classification JC111.N43 2009 Dewey Decimal Classification 320.09224
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ABOUT THIS BOOK This book examines some of the salient historiographical and conceptual issues that animate current scholarly debates about the nature of the medieval contribution to modern Western political ideas
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I. Historiographies of the Early European
Tradition: Continuity and Change
i. The Legacy of Walter Ullmann 3
2. Quentin Skinner's State: Historical Methodology
and the Formation of a European Tradition 13
3. Pathologies of Continuity: The Neo-Figgisites 29
4. A Middle Path: Alexander Passerin d'Entr&ves 49
PART II. Dissenting Voices and the Limits of Power
5. Toleration and Community: Functionalist
Foundations of Liberty 63
6. The Royal Will and the Baronial Bridle:
The Bractonian Contribution 81
7. Political Representation: Modern Theory and
Medieval Practices 99
8. For Love and Money: Theorizing Revolt in
Fourteenth-Century Europe 122
PART III. Republican Self-Governance and
Universal Empire
9. Brunetto Latini's Commerical Republicanism 141
o1. Marsiglio of Padua: Between Empire and Republic 16o
11. Translatio Imperii: Medieval and Modern 177
12. Christianity and Republicanism: Another Look 190
PART IV. The Virtues of Necessity: Economic Principles of Politics
13. The Origins of "Policy" in Twelfth-Century England 201
14. Economic Liberty and the Politics of Wealth 222
15. Money and Community: Nicole Oresme 235
16. Christine de Pizan's Expanding Body Politic 248
PART V. Modern Receptions of Medieval Ideas
17. The Persistence of Economic Nationalism: John Fortescue 261
S8. Virtu, Foresight, and Grace: Machiavelli's Medieval Moments 277
19. Arguing Sovereignty in the Seventeenth Century:
Bracton's Readers 304
20. Hegel on the Medieval Foundations of the Modern State 323
Lineages of European Political Thought: Explorations along the Medieval/Modern Divide from John of Salisbury to Hegel
by Cary J. Nederman
Catholic University of America Press, 2009 Paper: 978-0-8132-1581-5 eISBN: 978-0-8132-2083-3
This book examines some of the salient historiographical and conceptual issues that animate current scholarly debates about the nature of the medieval contribution to modern Western political ideas
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I. Historiographies of the Early European
Tradition: Continuity and Change
i. The Legacy of Walter Ullmann 3
2. Quentin Skinner's State: Historical Methodology
and the Formation of a European Tradition 13
3. Pathologies of Continuity: The Neo-Figgisites 29
4. A Middle Path: Alexander Passerin d'Entr&ves 49
PART II. Dissenting Voices and the Limits of Power
5. Toleration and Community: Functionalist
Foundations of Liberty 63
6. The Royal Will and the Baronial Bridle:
The Bractonian Contribution 81
7. Political Representation: Modern Theory and
Medieval Practices 99
8. For Love and Money: Theorizing Revolt in
Fourteenth-Century Europe 122
PART III. Republican Self-Governance and
Universal Empire
9. Brunetto Latini's Commerical Republicanism 141
o1. Marsiglio of Padua: Between Empire and Republic 16o
11. Translatio Imperii: Medieval and Modern 177
12. Christianity and Republicanism: Another Look 190
PART IV. The Virtues of Necessity: Economic Principles of Politics
13. The Origins of "Policy" in Twelfth-Century England 201
14. Economic Liberty and the Politics of Wealth 222
15. Money and Community: Nicole Oresme 235
16. Christine de Pizan's Expanding Body Politic 248
PART V. Modern Receptions of Medieval Ideas
17. The Persistence of Economic Nationalism: John Fortescue 261
S8. Virtu, Foresight, and Grace: Machiavelli's Medieval Moments 277
19. Arguing Sovereignty in the Seventeenth Century:
Bracton's Readers 304
20. Hegel on the Medieval Foundations of the Modern State 323