The King's Two Bodies: A Study in Medieval Political TheologyOriginally published in 1957, this classic work has guided generations of scholars through the arcane mysteries of medieval political theology. Throughout history, the notion of two bodies has permitted the postmortem continuity of monarch and monarchy, as epitomized by the statement, “The king is dead. Long live the king.” In The King’s Two Bodies, Ernst Kantorowicz traces the historical dilemma posed by the “King’s two bodies”—the body natural and the body politic—back to the Middle Ages. |
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... Mediaeval Political Theology BY ERNST H. KANTOROWICZ WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY CONRAD LEYSER PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS PRINCETON AND OXFORD Published by Princeton University Press, 41 William Street, Princeton, New Title.
... Mediaeval and Modern History, there hardly exists an academic chair for “Ancient and Mediaeval History.” 'Ms approach has become imperative ever since this former No-man's land of history, called Late Antiquity, has been discovered. 44 ...
... Mediaeval Political Theology, which, for him, captured the sincerely reverential and ultimately metaphysical aspects (the theology) of what other scholars, even other reviewers, misleadingly and over-rationalistically called “medieval ...
... Mediaeval Ruler Worship (Berkeley, 1946). But Kantorowicz left the west coast a few years later when he, along with a few other faculty members of the University of California, refused to take a loyalty oath. McCarthyite anti-communism ...
... mediaeval antecedents of the “abstract King.” In other words, we had a good conversation, the kind of talk you would always yearn for and to which Max Radin was an ideal partner. When shortly thereafter I was asked to contribute to a ...
Contents
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III CHRISTCENTERED KINGSHIP | 42 |
IV LAWCENTERED KINGSHIP | 87 |
CORPUS MYSTICUM | 193 |
VI ON CONTINUITY AND CORPORATIONS | 273 |
VII THE KING NEVER DIES | 314 |
DANTE | 451 |
IX EPILOGUE | 496 |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 507 |
ILLUSTRATIONS | 513 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY and INDEX | 515 |
ADDENDA | 568 |
Other editions - View all
The King's Two Bodies: A Study in Mediaeval Political Theology Ernst Hartwig Kantorowicz Limited preview - 1997 |
The King's Two Bodies: A Study in Mediaeval Political Theology Ernst Hartwig Kantorowicz No preview available - 2016 |