King's Two Bodies A Study in Mediaeval Political Theology

Name: King's Two Bodies A Study in Mediaeval Political Theology
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ISBN: 9780691017044

ISBN-10: 0691017042

ISBN-13: 9780691017044

Edition: 1957 (Revised)

Authors: Ernst Kantorowicz

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In 1957 Ernst Kantorowicz published a book that would be the guide for generations of scholars through the arcane mysteries of medieval political theology. InThe King's Two Bodies, Kantorowicz traces the historical problem posed by the "King's two bodies"--the body politic and the body natural--back to the Middle Ages and demonstrates, by placing the concept in its proper setting of medieval thought and political theory, how the early-modern Western monarchies gradually began to develop a "political theology." The king's natural body has physical attributes, suffers, and dies, naturally, as do all humans; but the king's other body, the spiritual body, transcends the earthly and serves as a…

Book details

List price: $49.95
Copyright year: 1957
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 1/18/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 616
Size: 6.18" wide x 9.17" long x 1.44" tall
Weight: 1.892



Preface (1997)


Preface


Introduction



The Problem: Plowden's Reports



The Shakespeare: King Richard II



Christ-Centered Kingship



Law-Centered Kingship



Polity-Centered Kingship: Corpus Mysticum



On Continuity and Corporations



The King Never Dies



Man-Centered Kingship: Dante



Epilogue


List of Illustrations


Bibliography and Index


Addenda