A history of political thought; the Middle Ages
Between the fifth and twelfth centuries, when vast stretches of Europe were still uninhabited, a society grew up which had to learn the very rudiments of how to manipulate the ordering of public life. It was during and just after this period that many of the basic political concepts of today were fo...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Baltimore :
Penguin Books,
1965
Baltimore : Penguin Books [1965] Baltimore, [1965] [Harmondsworth, Eng.]: [1965] Baltimore : 1965 |
| Series: | Pelican books
Pelican original ; A778 |
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Table of Contents:
- The foundations: the Roman and Biblical background.
- The Western orientation.
- The post-carolingian development.
- The hierocratic doctrine in its maturity.
- Theocratic and feudal kinship.
- The revival of Aristotle and its background.
- The new orientation.
- The sovereignty of the people