The King's Two Bodies: A Study in Medieval Political TheologyPrinceton University Press, 10.05.2016 - 632 Seiten 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 postmortem 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 dilemma posed by the “King’s two bodies”—the body natural and the body politic—back to the Middle Ages. |
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... argument to be any thing but straightforward; the exposition jumps about chronologically and geographically, and from one type of source to another, with scant regard for the context of production. Every page comes freighted with ...
... argument of 'U.e King's Two Bodies is not presented in exactly these terms. Kantorowicz's starting point is a defense of “mystic fictions.” He resists the scorn of William Maitland, the great English legal historian, who stands in here ...
... (arguing back from the known, in this case the Tudor doctrine of the king's two bodies, to its unknown medieval precedents) with that used in Frederic William Maitland's Domesday Book and Beyond: Three Essays in the Early History of ...
... arguments, let alone to weave them into a coherent whole despite having the advantage of being able to turn to the efforts of earlier scholars to do so. Nevertheless, for most readers the wonder and fascination of the myriad subjects ...
... argument; unsubstantiated generalizations; and lack of tension resulting from tedious repetitions. The tenet of the King's Two Bodies and its history served in this case as a unifying principle easing the assemblage and selection of ...
Inhalt
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III CHRISTCENTERED KINGSHIP | 42 |
IV LAWCENTERED KINGSHIP | 87 |
CORPUS MYSTICUM | 193 |
VI ON CONTINUITY AND CORPORATIONS | 273 |
VII THE KING NEVER DIES | 314 |
DANTE | 451 |
IX EPILOGUE | 496 |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 507 |
ILLUSTRATIONS | 513 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY and INDEX | 515 |
ADDENDA | 568 |
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The King's Two Bodies: A Study in Mediaeval Political Theology Ernst Hartwig Kantorowicz Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 1997 |
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