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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Harmondsworth :
Penguin,
1970
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| Edition: | [First edition reprinted with revisions] |
| Series: | Pelican history of political thought ;
v. 2 |
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| Summary: | 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 formed. In this new study the author employs the latest medieval research -- much of it his own -- to trace the origins and development of political ideas in Western Europe -- ideas as familiar as sovereignty, parliament, citizenship, the rule of law and the state. He shows this development being forged out of the conflict between the descending and ascending theses of government, with their Roman and Germanic sources, and explains the dominance of ecclesiastical powers in medieval society |
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| Physical Description: | 253 pages ; 18 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-240) and index |
| ISBN: | 0140207783 9780140207781 |