On the Government of Rulers

De Regimine Principum

Ptolemy of Lucca, Thomas Aquinas (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

320 Seiten

1997
University of Pennsylvania Press (Verlag)
978-0-8122-3370-4 (ISBN)

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Ptolemy, considered a proto-Humanist by some, combined the principles of Northern Italian republicanism with Aristotelian theory in his De Regimine Principum, a book that influenced much of the political thought of the later Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the early modern period. He was the first to attack kingship as despotism and to draw parallels between ancient Greek models of mixed constitution and the Roman Republic, biblical rule, the Church, and medieval government.
In addition to his translation of this important and radical medieval political treatise, written around 1300, James M. Blythe includes a sixty-page introduction to the work and provides over 1200 footnotes that trace Ptolemy's sources, explain his references, and comment on the text, the translation, the context, and the significance.

Translated by James M. Blythe. Ptolemy of Lucca, with portions attributed to Thomas Aquinas

Erscheint lt. Verlag	29.1.1997
Reihe/Serie	The Middle Ages Series
Übersetzer	James M. Blythe
Verlagsort	Pennsylvania
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-8122-3370-0 / 0812233700
ISBN-13	978-0-8122-3370-4 / 9780812233704
Zustand	Neuware