To govern is to serve : an essay on medieval democracy / Jacques Dalarun ; translated and with an introduction by Sean L. Field ; foreword by M. Cecilia Gaposchkin and Anne E. Leste.
Publisher:
Cornell University Press,
Copyright Date:
2023
Description:
xxiv, 229 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.
Translation of: Gouverner c'est servir : essai de démocratie médiévale. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The Servant Served -- Unworthiness in Power -- Maternal Government.
Summary:
"Explores the world of medieval inversions-- the first shall be last and the superior is the servant--through an episode in which the abbess Clare of Assisi washes the feet of a serving sister; religious movements that sought their superiors from less exalted members of their communities; and analysis of a note written by Francis of Assisi"-- Provided by publisher.
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