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Marsilius of Padua and Isaac Abravanel on Kingship : The Medieval Precedents of Republicanism Revisited

Year of publication

2020

Authors

Syros, Vasileios

Abstract

This article offers a comparative investigation of Marsilius of Padua’s and Isaac Abravanel’s ideas on kingship. It looks at how these thinkers transform the “canonical” sources of their respective traditions of political theorizing, i.e., Aristotle’s Politics and the Bible, to articulate the notion that ultimate authority rests with the citizens/people. It also examines how these two writers’ positions on kingship relate to the political realities that prevailed in late medieval Italy. Finally, it illuminates the medieval precedents of modern republicanism in the Christian and Jewish political traditions.
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Organizations and authors

University of Jyväskylä

Syros Vasileios

Publication type

Publication format

Article

Parent publication type

Journal

Article type

Original article

Audience

Scientific

Peer-reviewed

Peer-Reviewed

MINEDU's publication type classification code

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Publication channel information

Journal

Medieval encounters

Publisher

Brill

Volume

26

Issue

3

Pages

203 - 225

ISSN

1380-7854

​Publication forum

63185

​Publication forum level

1

Open access

Open access in the publisher’s service

No

Self-archived

No

Other information

Fields of science

Political science; Other humanities

Keywords

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Publication country

Netherlands

Internationality of the publisher

International

Language

English

International co-publication

No

Co-publication with a company

No

DOI

10.1163/15700674-12340071

The publication is included in the Ministry of Education and Culture’s Publication data collection

Yes