The gargantuan polity : on the individual and the community in the French Renaissance /

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The Gargantuan Polity examines political, legal, theological, and literary texts in the late Middle Ages, to show how individuals were defined by contracts of mutual obligation, which allowed rulers to hold power due to approval of their subjects.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Randall, Michael, 1953-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Middle French
Publicado: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©2008.
Temas:
1328-1600
Individualism > France > History > 16th century.
Renaissance > France.
French literature > 16th century > History and criticism.
Individualisme > France > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Littérature française > 16e siècle > Histoire et critique.
HISTORY > Europe > France.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > French.
Civilization
French literature
Individualism
Intellectual life
Politics and government
Renaissance
France > Civilization > 1328-1600.
France > Intellectual life > 16th century.
France > Politics and government > 1328-1589.
France > Vie intellectuelle > 16e siècle.
France > Civilisation > 1328-1600.
France > Politique et gouvernement > 1328-1589.
France
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Bottom-up vs top-down polities : the Council and the Pope
  • The representation of Basel in Chants Royaux written for the Puy de Rouen
  • Late-medieval polity and poetics : Jean Molinet's Ressource du petit peuple
  • The Kings two portraits in Claude de Seyssel and Guillaume Cretin
  • Barthélemy de Chasseneuz and the top-down polity
  • Rabelais and the ideal imperfect polity
  • The death of consensual politics and the individual in Agrippa d'Aubigné.

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