John Wyclif on War and Peace - Couverture rigide

Cox, Rory

 
9780861933259: John Wyclif on War and Peace
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0861933257 ISBN 13 : 9780861933259
Editeur : Royal Historical Society, 2014

Synopsis

John Wyclif (c. 1330-84) was the foremost English intellectual of the late fourteenth century and is remembered as both an ecclesiastical reformer and a heresiarch. But, against the backdrop of the Hundred Years War, Wyclif also devoted significant energy to analysing the problem of violence in society. The author here argues that Wyclif repudiated the concept of justified warfare in both theory and practice, and was thus the first true "pacifist" of the Middle Ages.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

John Wyclif (c. 1330-84) was the foremost English intellectual of the late fourteenth century and is remembered as both an ecclesiastical reformer and a heresiarch. But, against the backdrop of the Hundred Years War, Wyclif also tackled the numerous ethical, legal and practical problems arising from war and violence. Since the fifth-century works of St Augustine of Hippo, Christian justifications of war had revolved around three key criteria: just cause, proper authority and correct intention. Utilising Wyclif's extensive Latin corpus, the author traces how and why Wyclif dismantled these three pillars of medieval just war doctrine, exploring his critique within the context of late medieval political thought and theology. Wyclif is revealed to be a thinker deeply concerned with the Christian virtues of sacrifice, suffering and charity, which ultimately led him to repudiate the concept of justified warfare in both theory and practice. The author thus changes the way we understand Wyclif, demonstrating that he created a coherent doctine of pacifism and non-resistance which was at that time unparallelled.

Biographie de l'auteur

Dr Rory Cox is a Lecturer in Late Mediaeval History at the University of St Andrews.

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Éditeur
Royal Historical Society
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0861933257
ISBN 13 
9780861933259
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
214
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