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Ideal government and the mixed constitution in the Middle Ages /

Ancient Greeks and Romans often wrote that the best form of government consists of a mixture of monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy. Political writers in the early modern period applied this idea to government in England, Venice, and Florence, and Americans used it in designing their constitution....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Blythe, James M., 1948- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1992]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • CHAPTER 1. Introduction
  • CHAPTER 2. The Mixed Constitution in Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages
  • CHAPTER 3. Thomas Aquinas
  • CHAPTER 4. Giles of Rome
  • CHAPTER 5. Peter of Auvergne
  • CHAPTER 6. Ptolemy of Lucca
  • CHAPTER 7. Engelbert of Admont
  • CHAPTER 8. John of Paris
  • CHAPTER 9. Aristotelian Political Thought in the Fourteenth Century
  • CHAPTER 10. Relativism and the Best Polity
  • CHAPTER 11. Kingship, Popular Sovereignty, and the Mixed Constitution
  • CHAPTER 12. Nicole Oresme and the Synthesis of Aristotelian Political Thought
  • CHAPTER 13. Conciliarism
  • CHAPTER 14. Later Theories of Mixed Government in England and Northern Europe
  • CHAPTER 15. The Mixed Constitution and Italian Republicanism
  • CHAPTER 16. Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index.