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Religion, Law and the Growth of Constitutional Thought, 1150-1650 (The Wiles Lectures) by Brian Tierney; G R Elton is a politics available to read on EtoBox.

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To understand the growth of Western constitutional thought, we need to consider both ecclesiology and political theory, ideas about the Church as well as ideas about the state. In this book Professor Tierney traces the interplay between ecclesiastical and secular theories of government from the twelfth century to the seventeenth. He shows how ideas revived from the ancient past - Roman law, Aristotelian political philosophy, teachings of Church fathers - interacted with the realities of medieval

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Author

Brian Tierney; G R Elton

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9780521088084

Category

politics

Subjects

Law, Social Science, History

Rating

4 / 5 (4 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13