A short discourse on the tyrannical government : over things divine and human, but especially over the empire and those subject to the empire, usurped by some who are called highest pontiffs
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A short discourse on the tyrannical government : over things divine and human, but especially over the empire and those subject to the empire, usurped by some who are called highest pontiffs
（Cambridge texts in the history of political thought）
Cambridge University Press, 1992
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A short discourse on tyrannical government
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Translated from Latin
Bibliography: p. 193-197
Includes indexes
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Description
William of Ockham (c. 1285-c. 1347) was the most eminent and influential theologian and philosopher of his day, a giant in the history of political thought. He was a Franciscan friar who came to believe that the Avignonese papacy of John XXII had set out to destroy the religious ideal on which the Franciscan order was based: the complete poverty of Christ and the apostles. This is the first complete text by Ockham to be published in English. The Short Discourse is a passionate but compelling statement of Ockham's position on the most fundamental political problem of the medieval period: the relationship of supreme spiritual authority, as represented by the pope, to the autonomous secular authority claimed by the medieval empire and the emerging nation-states of Europe. Professor McGrade's introduction, and the notes on the translation make the volume wholly accessible to a modern readership, while a full bibliography and chronology are included as further aids to the reader.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Note on references
- List of abbreviations
- Introduction
- Principal dates in Ockham's life
- Suggestions for further reading
- A Short Discourse on the Tyrannical Government over things
- Divine and human, but especially over the Empire and those subject to the Empire
- Usurped by some who are called Highest Pontiffs
- Prologue
- Book I
- Book II
- Book III
- Book IV
- Book V
- Book VI
- Appendix: text and translation
- Bibliography
- Index of references to the Bible
- Index of references to canon law
- Index of persons
- Subject index.
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