The Place of the Tyrant in Machiavelli’s Political Thought and the Literary Genre of the Prince
When Machiavelli put in writing his thoughts on government, he was the heir of this long-established tradition of reflection on tyranny…
The Political Ideas of Machiavelli: A Fresh Look
The early sixteenth century marked a watershed period for political writings on the art of governing.
In Search of Ibn Sina’s ”Oriental Philosophy“ in Medieval Castile
In Search of Ibn Sina’s ”Oriental Philosophy“ in Medieval Castile Szpiech, Ryan (University of Michigan) Arabic Sciences and Philosophy, Vol.20, (2010) Abstract Scholars…
Towards Modernity and Absolute Power: Interpretation of Kingship in
Towards Modernity and Absolute Power: Interpretation of Kingship in The Book of the Twelve Wise Men and The Seven Books of Law McLean,…
Seeing Eye to Eye: Islamic Universalism in the Roman and Byzantine Worlds, 7th to 10th Centuries
Seeing Eye to Eye: Islamic Universalism in the Roman and Byzantine Worlds, 7th to 10th Centuries By Olof Heilo PhD Dissertation, Univerity of…
Theory on Citizenship in Late Medieval France: c. 1370 – c. 1400
Theory on Citizenship in Late Medieval France: c. 1370 – c. 1400 By Guy Lurie Tel Aviv University: Law and History Working Papers…
Centres of royal power: New findings about the realms of medieval itinerant kings
In the 900-1000s the power of the monarch in Norway was consolidated through the establishment of a new system of royal estates. Similar…
Mann and Men in a Medieval State: The Geographies of Power in the Middle Ages
Mann and Men in a Medieval State: The Geographies of Power in the Middle Ages By Rhys Jones Transactions of the Institute of British…
The Norman succession, 996–1135
The Norman succession, 996–1135 By John le Patourel English Historical Review, Vol.86 (1971) Introduction: It is well known that as William the Conqueror…
A Mirror for Statesmen: Leonardo Bruni’s History of the Florentine People
A Mirror for Statesmen: Leonardo Bruni’s History of the Florentine People By James Hankins Published Online Introduction: It will perhaps seem odd to…
Imperfect Apocalypse: Thomas of Erceldoune’s Reply to the Countess of Dunbar in MS Harley 2253
Imperfect Apocalypse: Thomas of Erceldoune’s Reply to the Countess of Dunbar in MS Harley 2253 Flood, Victoria (University of Swansea) Marginalia, Vol. 11,…
The Roots of our Liberties: On the Rise of Civil Society in the Medieval West
This article deals with the genesis of civil society in medieval society in the hope that this might elucidate the general conditions in which a civil society can flourish.
Ideology, Prosody, and Eponymy: Towards a Public Poetics of Obama and Beowulf
Ideology, Prosody, and Eponymy: Towards a Public Poetics of Obama and Beowulf By Tom Clark Nebula: A Journal of Multidisciplinary Scholarship, Vol.7:1-2 (2010)…
The practice of Irish kingship in the Central Middle Ages
This thesis demonstrates that the nature of Irish kingship and the practices of its kings are more sophisticated and varied matters than has been realised.
Supernatural Threats to Kings: Exploration of a Motif in the Ulster Cycle and in Other Medieval Irish Tales
The subject of this contribution is the belief in a sacral bond between the land and the ruler. This belief is connected with the concept known as ‘sacral kingship’, which is found in many cultures.
A lesson in holy kingship: the thirteenth-century “La estoire de Seint Aedward le Rei”
A lesson in holy kingship: the thirteenth-century “La estoire de Seint Aedward le Rei” By Judtih Collard South African Journal of Art History,…
Pristina libertas: liberty and the Anglo-Saxons revisited
Liberty and the Anglo-Saxons once co-existed in happy equilibrium. As long as later Englishmen pictured the England of the Anglo-Saxons as the fount of the ancient constitution or cradle of the English nation they projected on to this apparently formative period their aspirations, liberty among them; from at least the seventeenth century to the twentieth historians, politicians and polemicists sought and found liberty in the pre-Conquest past
‘A Mirror for Princes?’ A Textual Study of Instructions for Rulers and Consorts in Three Old French Genres
A number of twelfth-century works from three genres of Old French literature are examined in order to ascertain what forms any didacticism takes, and whether the texts can be read as Mirrors for Princes.
Politics and ideology in Late Medieval Cordoba
Politics and ideology in Late Medieval Cordoba By John Edwards En la España Medieval, Vol.4 (1984) Introduction: Despite the growth of ‘scientific’ analysis…
From God’s Peace to the King’s Order: Late Medieval Limitations on Non-Royal Warfare
One of the fundamental tasks of medieval kings was to be a peacemaker, that is, to settle disputes and to prevent new ones from arising.
Byzantines in the Florentine polis: Ideology, Statecraft and Ritual during the Council of Florence
Byzantines in the Florentine polis: Ideology, Statecraft and Ritual during the Council of Florence By Stuart M. McManus Journal of the Oxford University…
The Monarchy with David Starkey
The Monarchy with David Starkey Lecture given on November 19, 2005 More than the biographies of the kings and queens of England, this…
Perspectives of Power: Byzantine Imperial Women
Perspectives of Power: Byzantine Imperial Women By Carina Nilsson Preteritus, Vol 1 (2009) Abstract: This paper offers a brief overview of my preliminary M.A.…
Transition to the Renaissance: Republican Values and Ideals in Florence and Siena, 1300-1500
By the close of the fourteenth century, Siena, once an expanding medieval Italian commune, was declining almost as quickly as she had risen.
Geopolitical Relations in the European Middle Ages: History and Theory
What was the nature of feudalism in the European Middle Ages? How did the specicity of the feudal mode of social organization inform wider forms of medieval geopolitical relations? What distinguishes them from modern and early modern interstate relations? What are the implications for IR theory?