John of Salisbury: Policraticus
John of Salisbury: Policraticus
Author:
John of Salisbury
Editor:
Cary J. Nederman, Texas A & M University
Published:
October 1990
Availability:
Available
Format:
Paperback
ISBN:
9780521367011
John of Salisbury (c.1115–1180) was the foremost political theorist of his age. He was trained in scholastic theology and philosophy at Paris, and his writings are invaluable for summarising many of the metaphysical speculations of his time. The Policraticus is his main work, and is regarded as the first complete work of political theory to be written in the Latin Middle Ages. Cary Nederman's 1991 edition and translation is primarily aimed at undergraduate students of the history of political thought and medieval history. His translation shows how important this text is in understanding the mores, forms of conduct and beliefs of the most powerful and learned segments of twelfth-century Western Europe.
Product details
- Published: October 1990
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780521367011
- Length: 272 pages
- Dimensions: 217 × 140 × 20 mm
- Weight: 0.38kg
- Availability: Available
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Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Editor's introduction
- Bibliography
- Principal events in the life of John of Salisbury
- Prologue
- Book One
- Book Two
- Book Three
- Book Four
- Book Five
- Book Six
- Book Seven
- Book Eight
- Notes to the text.
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