Consent, Coercion, and Limit
The Medieval Origins of Parliamentary Democracy
The concepts of popular consent and limit as applied to the exercise of political authority are fundamental features of parliamentary democracy. Both these concepts played a role in medieval political theorizing, although the meaning and significance of political consent in this thought have not bee...
Author: | Arthur P. Monahan |
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Published: |
McGill-Queen's University Press,
Kingston and Montreal,
1987
E.J. Brill, Leiden, 1987 |
Total Pages: | XX-345 |
Format: | Book |
Topic: | -
Doctrine
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Social Life
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[Sociologie. Cité terrestre. Politique]
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[Influence]
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Political Augustinianism
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Status: | Needs Review |
Summary: | The concepts of popular consent and limit as applied to the exercise of political authority are fundamental features of parliamentary democracy. Both these concepts played a role in medieval political theorizing, although the meaning and significance of political consent in this thought have not been well understood. In a careful, scholarly, and readable survey of the major political texts from Augustin to Ockham, Arthur Monahan analyses the contribution of medieval thought to the development of these two concepts and to the correlative concept of coercion. |
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