The King's Two Bodies
Subtitle: A Study in Medieval Political Theology
Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr
Published: January 1982
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 584
ISBN-13: 9780691020181
Subjects: Medieval; Constitution: government & the state; Religion; History - General History
First sentence: IN EDMUND PLOWDEN'S Reports, collected and written under Queen Elizabeth, Maitland found the first clear elaboration of that mystical talk with which the English crown jurists enveloped and trimmed their definitions of kingship and royal capacities.