Consent, Coercion, and Limit: The Medieval Origins of Parliamentary Democracy 9780773564060
The concepts of popular consent and limit, as applied to the exercise of political authority, are fundamental features o
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Table of contents :
CONTENTS
PREFACE
ABBREVIATIONS
INTRODUCTION
PART ONE: THE EARLY MEDIEVAL PERIOD
1. Christian Scriptural Sources
2. The Polity of the Israelites
3. Early Christian Sources
4. St. Augustine
5. Summary
6. Consent in Early Church Practices
7. The Early Medieval Christian Community
8. The Polity of the Pre-Christian Tribes
PART TWO: THE TWELFTH CENTURY
1. John of Salisbury: The Policraticus
2. Other Twelfth-century Sources
A. The Norman Anonymous
B. St. Bernard of Clairvaux
C. Hugh of St. Victor
3. The Renewal of the Study of Law
4. The Decretum of Gratian
PART THREE: THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY
1. The Development of Legal Concepts
A. Quod omnes tangit: What Touches All
B. Representation
C. The Concept of Full Powers: Plena potestas
D. The Royal Prerogative
2. The Historical Scene
A. Electoral Practices: Majority Rule
B. Medieval Monasticism: The Dominican Order
C. Urban Democracy
3. Political Theorists
A. St. Thomas Aquinas
B. Henry of Ghent
C. Godfrey of Fontaines
D. Aegidius of Rome
E. John of Paris
PART FOUR: THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY
1. Political Theorists
A. Dante Alighieri
B. Marsilius of Padua
C. William of Ockham
CONCLUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
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