RT Book
T1 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
T2 Cambridge texts in the history of political thought
A1 Wilhelm, von Ockham 1285-1347
A2 McGrade, Arthur Stephen 1934-
A2 Kilcullen, John
LA English
PP Cambridge
PB Cambridge University Press
YR 1992
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/883341018
AB 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.
NO Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
CN JC121
SN 9781139168038
K1 Political science, Early works to 1800
K1 Political Science : Early works to 1800
K1 Political science ; Early works to 1800
DO 10.1017/CBO9781139168038