THE KING'S TWO BODIES: A Study in Mediaeval Political Theory
Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1957. 1st edition. Cloth. 1st edition, 1957. A Very Good copy in a Good dust jacket, not price clipped. 8vo., 568 pp., bound in publishers blue cloth with titles in gilt on spine. Dust jacket has overall soiling with rubbing at edges and tips, browned along the edges. Gilt on spine is bright, binding tight. Text edges are lightly soiled. Previous owners signature inside front cover. Dust jacket now protected in mylar sleeve. Very Good / Very Good. Item #29112
n 1957, Kantorowicz published his masterpiece, The King's Two Bodies, which explored, in the words of the volume's subtitle, "medieval political theology". The book traced the ways in which theologians, historians, and canon lawyers in the Middle Ages and early modern period understood "the king" as both a mortal individual and an institution which transcends time. Drawing on a diverse array of textual and visual sources, including Shakespeare and Dante, The King's Two Bodies made a major contribution to the way historians and political scientists came to understand the evolution of ideas about authority and charisma vested in a single individual versus transpersonal conceptions of the realm or the state in pre-modern Europe. The book remains a classic in the field. - Wiki.
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