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Lineages of European political thought, explorations along the medieval/modern divide from John of Salisbury to Hegel, Cary J. Nederman

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-367) and index

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Lineages of European political thought

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Cary J. Nederman

explorations along the medieval/modern divide from John of Salisbury to Hegel

Introduction: Why study medieval political thought? -- Historiographies of the early European tradition: continuity and change -- The legacy of Walter Ullmann -- Quentin Skinner's state: historical methodology and the formation of a European tradition -- Pathologies of continuity: the neo-Figgisites -- A middle path: Alexander Passerin d'Entrèves -- Dissenting voices and the limits of power -- Toleration and community: functionalist foundations of liberty -- The royal will and the baronial bridle: the Bractonian contribution -- Political representation: modern theory and medieval practices -- For love and money: theorizing revolt in fourteenth-century Europe -- Republican self-governance and universal empire -- Brunetto Latini's commercial republicanism -- Marsiglio of Padua: between empire and republic -- Translatio imperii: medieval and modern -- Christianity and republicanism: another look -- The virtues of necessity: economic principles of politics -- The origins of "policy" in twelfth-century England -- Economic liberty and the politics of wealth -- Money and community: Nicole Oresme -- Christine de Pizan's expanding body politic -- Modern receptions of medieval ideas -- The persistence of economic nationalism: John Fortescue -- Virtù, foresight, and grace: Machiavelli's medieval moments -- Arguing sovereignty in the seventeenth century: Bracton's readers -- Hegel on the medieval foundations of the modern state -- Bibliography -- Index