Cross-readings about two recent works
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.6092/1593-2214/6758Keywords:
Middle Ages, Origin of power, Legitimacy, Political ideals, Princeps, minister Dei or magister hominum, IntertextualityAbstract
Two surveys on medieval political thinking have been recently published by two Italian pub- lishers (2018-2019). The authors have intersected philosophical, historical and legal approaches to reveal the richness and diversity of political thought from the 5th to the 12th centuries. The selected topics concern: 1) the origin of power and its legitimacy; 2) the question of the limits of political power; 3) reflections on the ideal form of government and on the resistance it may face; and 4) conceptions relating to the place and role of law, the relationship between the Church and the regimen, and the status of persons and property as mirrored by political power. The works examined by the authors show that the writings are more embedded in the context than we can fathom, thus expressing the evolution and diversity of medieval political thinking.
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