Conciliarism, humanism and law : justifications of authority and power, c. 1400-c. 1520
How was power justified in late medieval Europe? What justifications did people find convincing, and why? Based around the two key intellectual movements of the fifteenth century, conciliarism in the church and humanism, this study explores the justifications for the distribution of power and author...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Cambridge New York, NY Port Melbourne New Delhi Singapore : Cambridge University Press,
2021
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| Schlagworte: | Power (Social sciences) Law, Medieval Humanism Conciliar theory Authority |
| Umfang: | 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 203 Seiten) |
| Zusammenfassung: | How was power justified in late medieval Europe? What justifications did people find convincing, and why? Based around the two key intellectual movements of the fifteenth century, conciliarism in the church and humanism, this study explores the justifications for the distribution of power and authority in fifteenth- and early sixteenth-century Europe. By examining the arguments that convinced people in this period, Joseph Canning demonstrates that it was almost universally assumed that power had to be justified but that there were fundamentally different kinds of justification employed. Against the background of juristic thought, Canning presents a new interpretative approach to the justifications of power through the lenses of conciliarism, humanism and law, throwing fresh light on our understanding of both conciliarists' ideas and the contribution of Italian Renaissance humanists. |
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| Beschreibung: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Jun 2021) |
| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 203 Seiten) |
| ISBN: | 9781108924627 110892462X 9781108927192 110892719X 9781108831796 1108831796 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/9781108924627 |