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A Companion to Marsilius of Padua

By: Gerson Moreno-Riano,Cary Nederman

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A Companion to Marsilius of Padua

By: Gerson Moreno-Riano,Cary Nederman

Few authors of the Latin Middle Ages have been the subject of so much attention as Marsilius of Padua (c. 1275-1342/43). Known primarily for his Defensor pacis, Marsilius quickly garnered for himself the reputation of being a heretic as well as a schismatic. At the same time, however, it became evident that he was perhaps one of the brightest - if not most dangerous - thinkers of the fourteenth century. The political ideas and activities of Marsilius of Padua have engendered a substantial literature and numerous debates. The present volume serves as a much needed guide to the life and works of the Paduan thinker. It provides readers with a scholarly treatment and evaluation of the various interpretative schools and debates concerning Marsilus based on the latest relevant research. As such, the present volume will appeal to scholars interested in the importance and influence of one of the greatest authors of the European Middle Ages. Contributors include: Gerson Moreno-Riaño, Cary J. Nederman, Frank Godthardt, William Courtenay, Michael Sweeney, Gianluca Briguglia, Takashi Shogimen, Roberto Lambertini, Bettina Koch, and Thomas Izbicki.

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Heresy in Transition

Transforming Ideas of Heresy in Medieval and Early Modern Europe

By: John Christian Laursen,Cary J. Nederman

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Heresy in Transition

Transforming Ideas of Heresy in Medieval and Early Modern Europe

By: John Christian Laursen,Cary J. Nederman

The concept of heresy is deeply rooted in Christian European culture. The palpable increase in incidences of heresy in the Middle Ages may be said to directly relate to the Christianity's attempts to define orthodoxy and establish conformity at its centre, resulting in the sometimes forceful elimination of Christian sects. In the transition from medieval to early modern times, however, the perception of heresy underwent a profound transformation, ultimately leading to its decriminalization and the emergence of a pluralistic religious outlook. The essays in this volume offer readers a unique insight into this little-understood cultural shift. Half of the chapters investigate the manner in which the church and its attendant civil authorities defined and proscribed heresy, whilst the other half focus on the means by which early modern writers sought to supersede such definition and proscription. The result of these investigations is a multifaceted historical account of the construction and serial reconstruction of one of the key categories of European theological, juristic and political thought. The contributors explore the role of nationalism and linguistic identity in constructions of heresy, its analogies with treason and madness, the role of class and status in the responses to heresy. In doing so they provide fascinating insights into the roots of the historicization of heresy and the role of this historicization in the emergence of religious pluralism.

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Routledge

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131712247X

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The Bonds of Humanity

Cicero’s Legacies in European Social and Political Thought, ca. 1100–ca. 1550

By: Cary J. Nederman

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The Bonds of Humanity

Cicero’s Legacies in European Social and Political Thought, ca. 1100–ca. 1550

By: Cary J. Nederman

Of the great philosophers of pagan antiquity, Marcus Tullius Cicero is the only one whose ideas were continuously accessible to the Christian West following the collapse of the Roman Empire. Yet, in marked contrast with other ancient philosophers, Cicero has largely been written out of the historical narrative on early European political thought, and the reception of his ideas has barely been studied. The Bonds of Humanity corrects this glaring oversight, arguing that the influence of Cicero’s ideas in medieval and early modern Europe was far more pervasive than previously believed. In this book, Cary J. Nederman presents a persuasive counternarrative to the widely accepted belief in the dominance of Aristotelian thought. Surveying the work of a diverse range of thinkers from the twelfth to the sixteenth century, including John of Salisbury, Brunetto Latini, Marsiglio of Padua, Christine de Pizan, and Bartolomé de Las Casas, Nederman shows that these men and women inherited, deployed, and adapted key Ciceronian themes. He argues that the rise of scholastic Aristotelianism in the thirteenth century did not supplant but rather supplemented and bolstered Ciceronian ideas, and he identifies the character and limits of Ciceronianism that distinguish it from other schools of philosophy. Highly original and compelling, this paradigm-shifting book will be greeted enthusiastically by students and scholars of early European political thought and intellectual history, particularly those engaged in the conversation about the role played by ancient and early Christian ideas in shaping the theories of later times.

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Lineages of European Political Thought

Explorations Along the Medieval/Modern Divide from John of Salisbury to Hegel

By: Cary J. Nederman

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Lineages of European Political Thought

Explorations Along the Medieval/Modern Divide from John of Salisbury to Hegel

By: Cary J. Nederman

This book examines some of the salient historiographical and conceptual issues that animate current scholarly debates about the nature of the medieval contribution to modern Western political ideas

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Machiavelli

A Beginner's Guide

By: Cary J. Nederman

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Machiavelli

A Beginner's Guide

By: Cary J. Nederman

Liberal thinker or immoral pragmatist? You decide… Machiavelli has been among the most commented upon, criticized and feared thinkers of the modern world. Infamous for his support of brutality and repression as valid political instruments, he is often portrayed as the pantomime villain of political theorists. In this whirlwind tour of Machiavelli’s writings and eventful life, Nederman highlights the complexities in his thought, showing that he actually advocated democracy as much as dictatorship, debate as much as violence, depending upon prevailing political conditions.

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Simon and Schuster

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1780741642

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Community and Consent

The Secular Political Theory of Marsiglio of Padua's Defensor Pacis

By: Cary J. Nederman

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Community and Consent

The Secular Political Theory of Marsiglio of Padua's Defensor Pacis

By: Cary J. Nederman

In the first examination of the Defensor Pacis in almost fifty years, Cary J. Nederman demonstrates Marsiglio of Padua's continuing relevance, connecting his philosophy to contemporary debates about community, identity, difference, and political participation. Community and Consent describes Marsiglio's attempt to resolve the tension in medieval Christian political thought created by the apparently competing standards of reason (thought to be the province of a few) and volition (the realm of every individual). Marsiglio argued for a harmonization of reason and will, regarding neither as sufficient to authorize political conduct. The book includes historical and biographical information not previously available in English, as well as a survey and critique of the current state of Marsiglio scholarship in all languages.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0847679446

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Medieval Aristotelianism and its Limits

Classical Traditions in Moral and Political Philosophy, 12th-15th Centuries

By: Cary J. Nederman

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Medieval Aristotelianism and its Limits

Classical Traditions in Moral and Political Philosophy, 12th-15th Centuries

By: Cary J. Nederman

This volume deals with the development of moral and political philosophy in the medieval West. Professor Nederman is concerned to trace the continuing influence of classical ideas, but emphasises that the very diversity and diffuseness of medieval thought shows that there is no single scheme that can account for the way these ideas were received, disseminated and reformulated by medieval ethical and political theorists.

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1040244912

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Marsilius of Padua, the Defender of Peace

By: Marsilius (of Padua),Cary J. Nederman

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Marsilius of Padua, the Defender of Peace

By: Marsilius (of Padua),Cary J. Nederman

Few aspects of American military history have been as vigorously debated as Harry Truman's decision to use atomic bombs against Japan. In this carefully crafted volume, Michael Kort describes the wartime circumstances and thinking that form the context for the decision to use these weapons, surveys the major debates related to that decision, and provides a comprehensive collection of key primary source documents that illuminate the behavior of the United States and Japan during the closing days of World War II. Kort opens with a summary of the debate over Hiroshima as it has evolved since 1945. He then provides a historical overview of thye events in question, beginning with the decision and program to build the atomic bomb. Detailing the sequence of events leading to Japan's surrender, he revisits the decisive battles of the Pacific War and the motivations of American and Japanese leaders. Finally, Kort examines ten key issues in the discussion of Hiroshima and guides readers to relevant primary source documents, scholarly books, and articles.

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023112354X

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The Rope and the Chains

Machiavelli’s Early Thought and Its Transformations

By: Cary Joseph Nederman

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The Rope and the Chains

Machiavelli’s Early Thought and Its Transformations

By: Cary Joseph Nederman

Niccolò Machiavelli counts among the most famous (and infamous) political authors in the history of Western political thought, primarily on account of his book the Prince. Before he wrote that notorious treatise, however, he served for fourteen years as a prominent and active civil administrator in the government of the Republic of Florence. Removed from office in 1512, following a take-over by the Medici dynasty that had ruled the city during much of the fifteenth century, Machiavelli was incarcerated and tortured as a result of unsubstantiated accusations of his involvement in a coup plot. Soon after his release from prison, he composed the Prince, which is generally seen to constitute the beginning of his career as a political theorist as well as a comic playwright, poet and military analyst of note. Yet little attention has been devoted to the large body of writings—in the form of prose and poetry, as well as the hundreds of pages of diplomatic and personal correspondence—that he produced in the course of his public service. In an unprecedented interpretation, The Rope and the Chains carefully examines the neglected pre-Prince texts in order to frame his later theories. The book reveals that Machiavelli’s thought prior to the Prince was largely conventional when judged by the standards of his day. At the same time, it also demonstrates his dissatisfaction with the intellectual worldview in which he was enmeshed. Machiavelli “became” Machiavelli once liberated from the rope and the chains by which centuries of tradition had constrained him.

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Worlds of Difference

European Discourses of Toleration, C. 1100-c. 1550

By: Cary J. Nederman

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Worlds of Difference

European Discourses of Toleration, C. 1100-c. 1550

By: Cary J. Nederman

Toleration has become a keystone of liberal political philosophy, but with liberalism under attack today as inadequate for dealing with all the problems of a pluralistic world, other resources are needed. Cary Nederman directs our attention to the creative thinking about toleration that preceded the rise of liberalism and canvasses the diverse ideas proposed then within Christianity as a response to religious, cultural, national, and ethnic differences.

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Community and Consent

The Secular Political Theory of Marsiglio of Padua's Defensor Pacis

By: Cary J. Nederman

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The Secular Political Theory of Marsiglio of Padua's Defensor Pacis

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The Rope and the Chains

Machiavelli’s Early Thought and Its Transformations

By: Cary Joseph Nederman

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Machiavelli’s Early Thought and Its Transformations

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Lineages of European Political Thought

Explorations Along the Medieval/Modern Divide from John of Salisbury to Hegel

By: Cary J. Nederman

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Lineages of European Political Thought

Explorations Along the Medieval/Modern Divide from John of Salisbury to Hegel

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This book examines some of the salient historiographical and conceptual issues that animate current scholarly debates about the nature of the medieval contribution to modern Western political ideas

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Thomas Becket

An Intimate Portrait

By: Nederman, Cary J.,Bollermann, Karen

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Thomas Becket

An Intimate Portrait

By: Nederman, Cary J.,Bollermann, Karen

Recounts the life and career of St. Thomas Becket as viewed through the eyes of his lifelong associate, John of Salisbury.

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Machiavelli

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By: Cary J. Nederman

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The Bonds of Humanity

Cicero’s Legacies in European Social and Political Thought, ca. 1100–ca. 1550

By: Cary J. Nederman

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Cicero’s Legacies in European Social and Political Thought, ca. 1100–ca. 1550

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Defensor Pacis

Marsilius of Padua

By: Marsilius (of Padua)

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Defensor Pacis

Marsilius of Padua

By: Marsilius (of Padua)

The Marsilian revolution consisted not only in a radical change in the theory of the relations between religion and politics that culminated in the Protestant Reformation and other central developments of the modern era, but, even more importantly, it had an effect on the whole conception of human beings - their nature, acts, values, and sociopolitical relations.".

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Instilling Ethics

By: Norma Thompson

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Instilling Ethics

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Instilling Ethics casts a fresh light on both the historical sources and the contemporary issues of a major preoccupation of our time: ethics. Norma Thompson has compiled essays from prominent scholars in a wide-range of disciplines to address the problems, pretensions, and positive potentialities of ethical practices today. Instilling Ethics offers a new way of connecting today's ethics to the great ethical sources of the past— classical, medieval, and early modern—and presents a wise and witty critique of the current practice of 'professional ethics.

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Thomas Becket

An Intimate Portrait

By: Nederman, Cary J.,Bollermann, Karen

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An Intimate Portrait

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Recounts the life and career of St. Thomas Becket as viewed through the eyes of his lifelong associate, John of Salisbury.

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