The King's Two Bodies - Couverture souple

Thomson, Simon

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1912127113 ISBN 13 : 9781912127115

Editeur : Macat, 2017

Synopsis

Kantorowicz's 1957 study of 1,200 years of monarchy has had a profound affect on the way academics think about the study of history. While many historians mocked the medieval concept that a king could be both a person and the symbol of a country, Kantorowicz took fresh looks at the context of medieval philosophy and politics to explain how this duality safeguarded power and ensured political stability. He went on to identify how monarchies used religious imagery and ideas to enhance and extend power and form states.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dr Simon Thomson teaches at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum. He received his doctorate in Medieval Literature from University College London and is the Editor, with M.D.J. Brintley, of Sensory Perception in the Medieval World: Manuscripts, Texts and Other Material Matters.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Macat
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1912127113
• ISBN 13: 9781912127115
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 102
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