Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-389) and index.
Contents:
Prologue : late medieval and early modern political thinking : some metahistorical challenges -- Historical orientation : from war, plague, and schism to Renaissance, Reformation, and revolt -- The politics of nostalgia : empire, papacy, and their twilight struggle -- The politics of virtue : Italy, the republican tradition, and the humanist political legacy -- The politics of sin : from Aegidius Romanus, Fitzralph, and Wycliffe to Luther, Zwingli, Calvin, and the radical reformers -- The politics of deference : old regal sacrality and new divine right of kingship -- The politics of consent (i) : politia saecularis -- The politics of consent (ii) : politia ecclesiastica -- The watershed of modern politics.
Summary:
Focuses on the era of the divine right of kings, the last period when kingship was a vital political institution. Identifies the assassinations of Henry III and Henry IV of France as the start of serious challenges to royal sovereignty, with the execution of Charles I of England representing the decisiive repudiation of sacral kingship.
Series:
The emergence of Western political thought in the Latin Middle Ages ; volume three Oakley, Francis. Emergence of Western political thought in the Latin Middle Ages ; v. 3.
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