The first edition and translation of a little-known work of medieval political theory, dedicated to one of the more controversial popes of the Middle Ages. It argues for the papacy's central role in secular and church politics on theological, philosophical and historical grounds. A detailed introduction relates the work to 14th century history.
The first edition and translation of a little-known work of medieval political theory, dedicated to one of the more controversial popes of the Middle Ages. It argues for the papacy's central role in secular and church politics on theological, philosophical and historical grounds. A detailed introduction relates the work to 14th century history.
Patrick Nold studied history at the University of Michigan as an undergraduate and completed his DPhil at the University of Oxford. After postdoctoral positions in Oxford and Toronto, he was a Humboldt scholar at the Monumenta Germaniae Historica in Munich. He has also held fellowships at Villa i Tatti (the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies) and at the American Academy in Rome. He is Professor and Chair of the Department of History at the University at Albany (SUNY).
Inhaltsangabe
* Introduction * i: The popes and political controversy at the beginning of the fourteenth century * ii: An obscure author and his famous patron * iii: Pavia, the Dominicans, and Northern Italian politics in the early fourteenth century * iv: The dedication letter * v: The prologue * vi: Metaphysics, history, and Ptolemy of Lucca * vii: From Ptolemy of Lucca to Alexander of Sant'Elpidio * viii: The Donation of Constantine versus the Petrine Commission * ix: Other sources * x: Dating of the text * xi: The Angevin angle and Luke Fieschi's social network * xii: The missing part and the purpose of the work * xiii: The library of Cardinal Luke Fieschi * xiv: Influence * xv: Manuscripts * xvi: Editorial principles * Dyalogus de potentia summi pontificis/A Dialogue on the Power of the Supreme Pontiff * Bibliography * Index of quotations and allusions * General index
* Introduction * i: The popes and political controversy at the beginning of the fourteenth century * ii: An obscure author and his famous patron * iii: Pavia, the Dominicans, and Northern Italian politics in the early fourteenth century * iv: The dedication letter * v: The prologue * vi: Metaphysics, history, and Ptolemy of Lucca * vii: From Ptolemy of Lucca to Alexander of Sant'Elpidio * viii: The Donation of Constantine versus the Petrine Commission * ix: Other sources * x: Dating of the text * xi: The Angevin angle and Luke Fieschi's social network * xii: The missing part and the purpose of the work * xiii: The library of Cardinal Luke Fieschi * xiv: Influence * xv: Manuscripts * xvi: Editorial principles * Dyalogus de potentia summi pontificis/A Dialogue on the Power of the Supreme Pontiff * Bibliography * Index of quotations and allusions * General index
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