RT Article
T1 Marsilius of Padua and Isaac Abravanel on Kingship: The Medieval Precedents of Republicanism Revisited
JF Medieval encounters
VO 26
IS 3
SP 203
OP 225
A1 Syros, Vasileios
LA English
PB Brill
YR 2020
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1734035757
AB This article offers a comparative investigation of Marsilius of Padua’s and Isaac Abravanel’s ideas on kingship. It looks at how these thinkers transform the “canonical” sources of their respective traditions of political theorizing, i.e., Aristotle’s Politics and the Bible, to articulate the notion that ultimate authority rests with the citizens/people. It also examines how these two writers’ positions on kingship relate to the political realities that prevailed in late medieval Italy. Finally, it illuminates the medieval precedents of modern republicanism in the Christian and Jewish political traditions.
K1 Aristotle
K1 Isaac Abravanel
K1 Jewish political tradition
K1 Marsilius of Padua
K1 Medieval and early modern political thought
K1 Ptolemy of Lucca
K1 Biblical Exegesis
K1 Kingship
K1 Republicanism
DO 10.1163/15700674-12340071