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The King's Two Bodies

A Study in Medieval Political Theology

Ernst Kantorowicz Conrad Leyser William Chester Jordan

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English
Princeton University Press
18 July 2016
"Originally 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 post mortem continuity of monarch and monarchy, as epitomized by the statement, ""The king is dead. Long live the king."" In The King's Two Bodie"

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Imprint:   Princeton University Press
Country of Publication:   United States
Edition:   2
Dimensions:   Height: 216mm,  Width: 140mm,  Spine: 46mm
Weight:   624g
ISBN:   9780691169231
ISBN 10:   0691169233
Series:   Princeton Classics
Pages:   632
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Audience:   College/higher education ,  College/higher education ,  A / AS level ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Ernst H. Kantorowicz (1895-1963) taught at the University of California, Berkeley, and was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. Conrad Leyser is associate professor of medieval history at Worcester College, University of Oxford. He is the author of Authority and Asceticism from Augustine to Gregory the Great. William Chester Jordan is professor of history at Princeton University. He is the author of From England to France: Felony and Exile in the High Middle Ages (Princeton).

Reviews for The King's Two Bodies: A Study in Medieval Political Theology

Professor Kantorowicz has written a great book, perhaps the most important work in the history of medieval political thought, surely the most spectacular, of the past several generations. Here, in superbly designed chapters based upon the best scholarship in every field even remotely concerned with the Middle Ages, is the development of the theory and symbolism of the early national states from the eleventh to the sixteenth centuries. --P. N. Riesenberg, American Political Science Review Professor Ernst Kantorowicz has in this volume given us a monumental work of superb scholarship and profound learning, magnificently produced by Princeton University Press. Few, if any, contributions to the study of medieval thought comparable to this depth and width have been made for many years. --B. Chrimes, The Law Quarterly Review There is one book that says it all. An old book, nearly a classic...This book, published in 1957, is titled The King's Two Bodies: A Study in Mediaeval Political Theology. --Bernard-Henri Levy, New Republic


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