John of Salisbury and the medieval Roman renaissance (eBook)

Irene O'Daly (Autor)

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2018
256 Seiten
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-0952-1 (ISBN)

Infos

A reappraisal of the role that Roman classical sources, notably the works of Cicero and Seneca, played in the political thought of John of Salisbury, a leading humanist of the twelfth century.

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This book is a detailed but accessible treatment of the political thought of John of Salisbury, a twelfth-century author and educationalist who rose from a modest background to become Bishop of Chartres. It shows how aspects of John's thought - such as his views on political cooperation and virtuous rulership - were inspired by the writings of Roman philosophers, notably Cicero and Seneca. Investigating how John accessed and adapted the classics, the book argues that he developed a hybrid political philosophy by taking elements from Roman Stoic sources and combining them with insights from patristic writings. By situating his ideas in their political and intellectual context, it offers a reassessment of John's political thought, as well as a case study in classical reception of relevance to students and scholars of political philosophy and the history of ideas.

Autor

Irene O'Daly is a Researcher at Huygens ING (De Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen), Amsterdam

Inhalt

Introduction
1 The Roman inheritance
2 Nature and reason
3 Defining duties: The cooperative model of the polity
4 Political relationships in context: The body politic
5 Moderation and the virtuous life
6 The princely head
Conclusion
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.4.2018
• Reihe/Serie: Manchester Medieval Studies
• Verlagsort: Manchester
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie des Mittelalters
• Schlagworte: Classical revival • history of education • Manuscripts • Moderation • Political thought • Rulership • Stoicism • textual transmission • Twelfth-century renaissance • Virtues
• ISBN-10: 1-5261-0952-2 / 1526109522
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5261-0952-1 / 9781526109521