Ockham and political discourse in the late Middle Ages
By: Takashi Shogimen
Series: Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought -- 4th ser., 69
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
ISBN-13: 9780521845816
Subjects: William, -- of Ockham, -- ca. 1285-ca. 1349 -- Political and social views; Political science -- Philosophy; Middle Ages
Description: "The English Franciscan William of Ockham (c. 1285-1347) was one of the most influential philosophers and theologians in late medieval Europe. This book offers a fresh reappraisal of Ockham's political thought by approaching his anti-papal writings as a series of polemical responses. His aggressive and persistent attack on the papacy emerges in this study as an attempt to rescue the ethical foundations of the Christian society from the political influences of heretical popes."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index