Philosophy and Politics in the Thought of John Wyclif

Informationen zum Autor Stephen E. Lahey is Assistant Professor of History, Le Moyne College, New York. Klappentext Revisionist study of the political and ecclesiological theories of the fourteenth-century philosopher John Wyclif. Zusammenfassung John Wyclif was the fourteenth-century English thinker responsible for the first English Bible! and for the Lollard movement. In contrast with most other commentaries! this book argues that Wyclif's political programme was based on a coherent philosophical vision ultimately consistent with his earlier reformative ideas. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The historiography of Wyclif's dominium theory; 2. Why dominium?; 3. Wyclif's realism and divine dominium; 4. Proprietas in Wyclif's theory of dominium; 5. Iurisdictio in civil dominium; 6. On kingship; 7. Conclusion.

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• Autori: Stephen E. Lahey, Stephen E. (Le Moyne College Lahey, Stephen Edmund Lahey
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 28.01.2008
• EAN: 9780521058469
• ISBN: 978-0-521-05846-9
• Pagine: 252
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in Medieval
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Teorie politiche e storia delle idee; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia