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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... sense of “political theology” is derived from the very tradition for which he seeks to account. As Philippe Buc in particular has argued, %e King's Two Bodies takes its place in a long line of studies of medieval political culture that ...
... sense of what it is like to lose a beloved leader. In short, “the Problem” in “Pie King's Two Bodies is not the complex presence of power, but its absence. It was not only embarrassment that prompted Kantorowicz to sweep the intensity ...
... sense of the term, Kantorowicz was also a non12 Cecil Grayson, Romance Philology 15 (1961-62): 179-84. Grayson lavished his praise on the Dante chapter of The King's Two Bodies:; Kloos (n. 6 above) also called that section “ein ...
... sense no more can feel But his own wringing. What infinite heart's ease Must kings neglect that private men enjoy! . . . . What kind of god art thou, that suffer'st more Of mortal griefs than do thy worshippers? Such are, in ...
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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 |
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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 |