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The King´s Two Bodies: A Study in Medieval Political Theology
Ernst H. Kantorowicz
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Paperback. Series: Princeton Classics. Num Pages: 584 pages, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HRAM2; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Originally published in 1957, this classic work has guided generations of scholars through the arcane mysteries of medieval political theology. Throughout history, the notion of two bodies has permitted the post mortem continuity of monarch and monarchy, as epitomized by the statement, The king is dead. Long live the king. In The King's Two Bodies, Ernst Kantorowicz traces the historical problem posed by the King's two bodies --the body natural and the body politic--back to the Middle Ages and demonstrates, by placing the concept in its proper setting of medieval thought and political theory, how the early-modern ... Read more
Originally published in 1957, this classic work has guided generations of scholars through the arcane mysteries of medieval political theology. Throughout history, the notion of two bodies has permitted the post mortem continuity of monarch and monarchy, as epitomized by the statement, The king is dead. Long live the king. In The King's Two Bodies, Ernst Kantorowicz traces the historical problem posed by the King's two bodies --the body natural and the body politic--back to the Middle Ages and demonstrates, by placing the concept in its proper setting of medieval thought and political theory, how the early-modern ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Princeton Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
632
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691169231
SKU
V9780691169231
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About Ernst H. Kantorowicz
Ernst H. Kantorowicz (1895-1963) taught at the University of California, Berkeley, and was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. Conrad Leyser is associate professor of medieval history at Worcester College, University of Oxford. He is the author of Authority and Asceticism from Augustine to Gregory the Great. William Chester Jordan is professor of history at Princeton ... Read more
Reviews for The King´s Two Bodies: A Study in Medieval Political Theology
Professor Kantorowicz has written a great book, perhaps the most important work in the history of medieval political thought, surely the most spectacular, of the past several generations. Here, in superbly designed chapters based upon the best scholarship in every field even remotely concerned with the Middle Ages, is the development of the theory and symbolism of the early national ... Read more