[Rezension von: Malegam, Jehangir Yezdi, 1976-, The sleep of Behemoth]
The late J. H. Burns wrote in 1988: “The character of ‘medieval political thought’ is problematic. Its very existence, as an identifiable entity or subject, may be questioned, and has been denied” (“Introduction,” in Burns, ed., The Cambridge History of Medieval Political Thought [Cambridge: Cambrid...
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Medienart: | Elektronisch Review |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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Oxford University Press
2015
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A journal of church and state
Jahr: 2015, Band: 57, Heft: 1, Seiten: 179-181 |
Rezension von: | The sleep of Behemoth (Ithaca, NY [u.a.] : Cornell Univ. Press, 2013) (Shōgimen, Takashi)
The Sleep of Behemoth (Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2013) (Shōgimen, Takashi) The sleep of Behemoth (Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013) (Shōgimen, Takashi) The sleep of Behemoth (Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013) (Shōgimen, Takashi) |
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Friede
/ Gewalt
/ Mittelalter
/ Geschichte 1000-1200
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RelBib Classification: | KAC Kirchengeschichte 500-1500; Mittelalter TG Hochmittelalter |
weitere Schlagwörter: | B
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Zusammenfassung: | The late J. H. Burns wrote in 1988: “The character of ‘medieval political thought’ is problematic. Its very existence, as an identifiable entity or subject, may be questioned, and has been denied” (“Introduction,” in Burns, ed., The Cambridge History of Medieval Political Thought [Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988], 1). Historians of medieval political thought cannot presuppose that their object of inquiry is something like the ancient Greek polis or the modern state. Their main task is therefore to illuminate the historical process by which distinctly “political” ways of thinking emerged in medieval writings, which are often ostensibly social, economic, ecclesiastical, or spiritual. The counsel that Burns offered to overcome this difficulty was to explore the discourses on authority and jurisdiction in those... |
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ISSN: | 2040-4867 |
Enthält: | Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csu119 |